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Sharks Swim Practice: Breaststroke & Backstroke Drills (6/17/2019)

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Warmup

100 IM Kick100 BK2 x 25 Position 11Question of the Day: When is the next swim meet?Y = 50 CHN = 50 BK K4 x 25 on 1:00 FREE

Split up into two groups:

Group 1: Breaststroke Arm Motion

3 x SL + 2x(11, Eat, 11, Glide for 2 seconds)

No kicking, no breathing. This is the MOTION of Breaststroke arms. Streamline underwater, do the arms at the surface.

Group 2: Backstroke Rotation Drill

3 x SL on BK + 3 HLBw/R

Head Lead Balance with Rotation

Body in soldier position, kick with face up. Rotate hips and shoulders from parallel to surface to perpendicular to surface. Rotate through both sides. Have constant kick to keep body straight. Rotation Drill.

Get back together into one group

8 x 25 on 1:00

  1. ODD: HLB w/ R on back to 1/2 way, BK the rest
  2. EVEN: HLB w/ R on belly to 1/2 way, FR the rest

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/

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/6-17-2019-sharks/

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