Minnows Practice Plan: Streamline and Freestyle Focus (6/18/2019)

Warmup

100 IM Kick2 x 25 Position 11

Strong freestyle kick throughout. Focus on arms reaching to 11, head aiming straight down, and power with each stroke.

Must breathe 1 time on stroke 2, 3, or 4. No breathing on 1 or 5.

Streamline with freestyle kick. At the surface, transition from streamline to position 11. Continue kicking for 5 kicks in position 11.

Continue kicking and do one arm stroke of freestyle. Leave other arm in position 11 place.

Everyone in the lane does #1. In this case, streamline underwater.

Round 1 is a practice round; round 2 is the final test round.

Coaches give thumbs up for success (they did the skill correctly) or a thumbs down (fail) if the swimmer does anything incorrect.

If anyone fails their attempt, the lane does the Fail Box activity 1.

If everyone succeeds, the lane does the Success Box 1.

Go down the line, not repeating fail or success box items.

SL + [something] — swimmers should understand this concept and be familiar with short distance training and feedback.
Knowledge and awareness of what those [something] activities are. You have to teach them before you can play this game.
Be able to read the board and know what the shorthand means.