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Minnows 10/29/2019 โ€“ Halloween-Themed Swim Practice

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Dryland Activities

Warmup in Water

100 IM Kick2 x 25 position 11 Zombie!

Split Up into 2 Groups

Group 1

3 x SL + 2 Bat Wing Flaps

Kinda like butterfly, but sweep your arms like a bat flapping its wings. Fangs and biting optional (fake bites).Normal streamline, flap arms at sides like fluttering to fly as a bat.

Swoop to the ground near flags and attack your prey!

Group 2

3 x Angry Pumpkin Float + Flip

Push off the wall like an angry pumpkin, scowling, howling, and cringing with unhappiness your insides were scooped out.At the yellow, or ~ 3 body lengths away take out your unhappiness by flipping 2x if possible without hands or feet.

Get Back Together in One Group

4 x 25 with the whistle swims1: FLY 2 strokes then kick2: Backstroke with streamline3: BR 2 strokes then FREE rest4: FREE swim

2 x 25 Swim like a crackling zombie hungering for brains.2 x 25 Swim on your back like a howling werewolf, wiggling like a snake to move2 x 25 Like a vampire sleeping.

Q of the Day Answer

A heat is when there are more people in an event to race than can fit in the pool at one time. It is the same race done multiple times, or "heats" to accommodate all the swimmers.

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