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* VIDEO SEES A SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR DRAGS A ONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL INTO A POOL * DESPITE LANDING FACE DOWN IN THE WATER, THE TODDLER IS ABLE TO TURN HER HEAD * THE INSTRUCTOR STANDS BY AS SHE
WATCHES TO SEE WHAT THE YOUNGSTER WILL DO NEXT * CHILD MANAGES TO FLIP OVER ONTO HER BACK FULLY CLOTHED WEARING A COAT AND DIAPER * TECHNIQUE IS PART OF SURVIVAL SWIMMING SKILL WHERE INFANTS
ARE TAUGHT TO ROLL OVER ONTO THEIR BACK IN ORDER TO BREATHE AND SCREAM FOR HELP SHOULD THEY FALL IN A POOL By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:22 EDT, 18 October 2020 | Updated:
21:57 EDT, 18 October 2020 Video has emerged on TikTok of a woman deliberately throwing a toddler into a swimming pool while fully clothed. The woman named Shannon, who is already in the
water when the one-year-old enters, is a swimming instructor offering aquatic survival swimming lessons for toddlers. She drags the youngster towards the edge of the pool before making her
take the plunge. The child falls face first into the water before then managing to flip over onto her side, enabling her to breathe and scream. The toddler keeps flapping around her arms
but still manages to keep her mouth open to the air as she slowly makes her way toward the side of the pool. All-the-while, the instructor simply stands there and watches for around 30
seconds before finally lifting the child from the water. 'Crying = breathing. We want to find our children face up in the water,' she wrote on her TikTok video posting.
'1-year-old coat, shoes, regular diaper. What if you never heard your child cry again because you didn’t prepare them with aquatic survival swim lessons?' Although the video could
be seen as shocking to view, especially as the little girl is being deliberately dunked, the technique is one commonly used by swimming instructors in the United States teaching toddlers
survival techniques rather than specific strokes. The instructors teach children to roll over from a face-down position in the water to a face-up back float. Because infants and toddlers are
unable to raise their heads to take a breath, knowing how to roll onto their backs could save their life. The 'roll over breathing' technique takes many months of practice but
parents are able to feel more comfortable that should their child fall into a swimming pool, they are likely to survive.