Swimming Professional Development

I attended a workshop on teaching swimming. See notes below

Freestyle Learning intentions:

WALT: blow bubbles (breathing)

Roll your head out every three strokes

Start the head roll when arm stroke is parallel with chest.

Progression

1.     Bar

2.     Walking

3.     Kicking with the board

4.     Kicking without the board.

WALT: Keep our heads down. (good body position)

Progression

1.     Bar

2.     Walking

3.     Kicking with the board

4.     Kicking without the board.

WALT: Kick freestyle

-       Nice long legs

-        Heels just breaking the surface.

-       Not bending from the knees (kick your shoes off)

Progression

1.     Bar

2.     Walking

3.     Kicking with the board

4.     Kicking without the board.

WALT: Have good arm strokes.

(Need to have six good long arm strokes)

·      Start hands in front

·      Finger tips point to the bottom then to the back of the pool

·      Watch your hand

·      Push out the back

·      Rolling shoulders

·      Long arm strokes

·      Thumb touches their hips.

Progression

1.     Board

2.     Noodle

3.     Without Board

Common issues

Bent knees – try kick on their backs with a board towards knees (don’t have the knees touch)

Swimming crooked – go back to a board, practise kick again and arm stroke not going over the centre line of the body.

Breathing- take a small breath- ping pong balls

  

 Backstroke Learning intentions:

WALT: stand up after being on your back.

Tuck your chin in, feet down.

WALT: breath during backstroke

-       Fist under the chin.

-       Looking up at the sky, getting their shoulder blades in the water

-       In through the nose out the mouth.

Progression

1.     Board over the chest

2.     Board over the knees

WALT: use backstroke arm

Long arm stroke

Move past your ear

Thumb to the sky and the pinky finger breaks the surface.