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Minnows Swim Practice Plan: Backstroke, Flip Turns, and Streamline Drills

Minnows 1Practices

Dryland Activities

Warmup in Water

100 IM Kick2 x 25 position 11.

Split Up into 2 Groups

Group 1

3 x SL on back + 3 BK after flags

Underwater first, lean back, grow into streamline. Long flat glide looking up with bubbles in SL. Stay in SL until you reach the flags. After the flags, begin three strokes. Count with your thumb EXITS the water, or begins the recovery portion of the stroke.

Group 2

3 x Flip at wall 1st, then SL on back

Start close to the wall, facing wall. Do a front flip towards the wall. Plant feet on wall, lay backwards, and SL on back underwater.

Get Back Together in One Group

Pick your path:

table class="wp-block-table alignwide has-subtle-pale-green-background-color has-fixed-layout has-background is-style-regular">tbody>tr>td>/td>td>1 or 2/td>td>3 or 4/td>td>5 or 6/td>/tr>tr>td>BK/td>td>2 x 25 BK Kick/td>td>1 x 50 BK Fins/td>td>2 x SL on Back to flags/td>/tr>tr>td>FR/td>td>2 x 50 FR K/td>td>1 x 100 FR w/ FINS/td>td>2 x SL + 3 FREE + Flip/td>/tr>tr>td>Challenge/td>td>Lay on back, on bottom, with head touching, butt touching, and heels touching floor./td>td>Streamline through the Hula Hoop held at the Yellow, on the bottom./td>td>Float on your back in a starfish, without kicking, and sing the song "Happy Birthday" without letting Face fall underwater./td>/tr>/tbody>/table>

Question of the Day Answer

Freestyle and Backstroke. Head Lead Balance with Rotation works on hips rotating side to side.

This is part of a larger system

This content fits into the Swimming Ideas quest โ€” a guided journey from first-day instructor to program director.

Originally from: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/minnows-10-24-2019/

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