We award the FREDDY badge as motivation to children who can swim 10 metres freely. As proof, our support only needs a video of the child swimming freely. The FREDDY badge is not the same as a seahorse (early swimmer) or higher-ranking swimming badges of the DLRG, but serves exclusively to motivate the children. In order to increase safety in the water, we therefore recommend that you continue to train your child’s swimming endurance by swimming regularly even after having received your FREDDY badge. As a good basis for staying in swimming pools and open-air swimming pools we recommend completing the Seepferdchen badge. The requirements for the Seepferdchen can be completed by further training of the learning contents.