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Minnows & Sharks Practice Plan – 11/16/2020

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Warmup:1 x 100 IM Kick<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fact or Fiction? Pick one and do it. </span>Fact: Streamline makes you swim faster. Do 2 x 50’s FREE with a SL that takes you past the flags.Fiction: Streamline is stupid and I can skip it because I’m awesome! Do 3 x 50’s FREE with NO SL.1 x 50 Position 11: tell someone on your side of the pool all 3 things for SL and 11 before you go. If you read this then only do 11 to 1/2 way and back.

Question of the Day:What is faster? Careful good technique swimming, or thrashing and flailing about as fast as you can?Correct: Do your best crazy splashing dance in the water.Wrong: Do your Most careful ballerina swim to 1/2 way and back.

3 x{1 x 50: 1st 25= BR, 2nd 25 = FREE3 x SL + 11, Eat, 111 x 50: 1st 25 = FLY Kick, 2nd 25 = FREE3 x SL + 2 FLY must breath on #2.}

Challenge:In Airplane, do 2 fly kicks on every side of your body to 1/2 way.Belly, Side, Back, Side.

Challenge:Handstand REWIND!1: Hands on T mark.2: Hands 1/2 way between T and Wall.3: Hands on ground as far away as possible!

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