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Minnows Practice: Day 4 Week 6 – Flip Turns and Side Breathing

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Warmup

100 IM Kick2 x 25 Position 11

Split up into two groups

Group 1: Flip Turns

3 x SL + Flip

Streamline beginning underwater on belly. At the surface do a front flip with knees pulled in to chest.

Group 2: Side Breathing

3 x SL + 5 kicks in position 11 + 1 breath to side in position 1, then 5 kicks in position 1 with face down.

Do a streamline with all three things. At surface kick in position 11. Put one arm at hips, keeping the other arm extended forward above the shoulder on the surface. Take one breath to side, continuing to kick. Look down again, and kick in position 1 for 5 more kicks. The goal is side breaths.

Get back together into one group

4 x 25 Position 11. Need to breathe? Do an arm stroke of FR FINS

Set up the board into boxes that represent the number on a die. If you have 1 die, use 6 boxes. If you have 2 dice, do 2-12. Fill the boxes with activities, and have swimmers roll the dice one at a time. Group, or lane does activity in the numbered box they do.

See this post for more information:

https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/2016/03/19/swimming-game-roll-dice-game/

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

Originally from: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/5-16-2019-minnows/

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