practice arms, breath, kick Standing in water watching teacher on How long is the glide practice arms, breath, edge. for? kick, glide N/A Allow enough space Make sure partner 5min Students practice whole so that students can provides a positive breastroke sequence for 10m, swim 10m whilst comment & partner provides feedback on partner watches improvement tip performance. 5min Two students at a time Students practice kick for 10m N/A Can stay in middle of breath, kick, ‘arms, perform 25m breastroke lane so not too close & glide for 3 glide’ showing correct technique. to lane ropes sec Introduction to Butterfly 2.5min Demonstrate & explain kick: N/A Ensure students Keep legs together, completely submerged Students along wall, facing teacher leave 10sec apart & wiggle bottom up & underwater, arms by remain in lanes down side of body assigned previously kick up & down with Try to keep head still legs together as legs kick down, head moves up & vice versa 24 pairs of Remind students to Keep legs together 5min Students practice kick on fins (variety stay on the surface & surface of water with: of sizes) not swim close to the arms by side Students make a straight line across the bottom on the side of their pool, arms length apart. body on the surface with arms extended Organise students in same lanes as before for breastroke, 10 sec apart, & N/A Spread students out in “out sweep, 2.5min Demonstrate & explain arm swim up left side to 10m mark in shallow end & 1m sweep, out sweep” pull: apart so they won’t hit
5min 5min 2.5min 5min 2.5min practice arms, breath, kick practice arms, breath, kick, glide Students practice whole breastroke sequence for 10m, partner provides feedback on performance. Two students at a time perform 25m breastroke showing correct technique. Introduction to Butterfly Demonstrate & explain kick: completely submerged underwater, arms by side of body kick up & down with legs together as legs kick down, head moves up & vice versa Students practice kick on surface of water with: arms by side on the side of their body on the surface with arms extended Demonstrate & explain arm pull: Standing in water watching teacher on edge. Students practice kick for 10m Students along wall, facing teacher Students make a straight line across the pool, arms length apart. Organise students in same lanes as before for breastroke, 10 sec apart, & swim up left side to 10m mark N/A N/A N/A 24 pairs of fins (variety of sizes) N/A Allow enough space so that students can swim 10m whilst partner watches Can stay in middle of lane so not too close to lane ropes Ensure students leave 10sec apart & remain in lanes assigned previously Remind students to stay on the surface & not swim close to the bottom Spread students out in shallow end & 1m apart so they won’t hit How long is the glide for? Make sure partner provides a positive comment & improvement tip ‘arms, breath, kick, glide’ & glide for 3 sec Keep legs together, wiggle bottom up & down Try to keep head still Keep legs together “out sweep, in sweep, out sweep”