Use your chalkboard, whiteboard, or poster and create a grid on it.
table border="1" width="400" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">tbody>tr>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 1 3x streamline + 3 strokes Free/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 2 3x streamline + 2 fly strokes no kick/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 3 3x streamline + 3 BK strokes/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 4 3x streamline + 2 BR strokes/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">10 Flips/td>td valign="top" width="100">10 Handstands/td>td valign="top" width="100">10 Streamline Jumps/td>td valign="top" width="100">10 Handstands that turn into flips/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">4×25 FLY K/td>td valign="top" width="100">4×25 FR K/td>td valign="top" width="100">2x 50 BK/td>td valign="top" width="100">1×100 BR/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">Float on back from bottom to surface/td>td valign="top" width="100">Put nose, belly button and 1 big toe on bottom for 2 seconds 3x/td>td valign="top" width="100">Do 5 second front float, then flip 5x/td>td valign="top" width="100">Find place in lane to do 3 creative streamlines/td>/tr>/tbody>/table>
Here is an example grid that you could use. Notice how it is a mix of games, workouts, short distance skill work.
Players start on the first row and can chose a single box from that row.
After they complete that activity, they choose a box from the second row. Indicate their choice by writing their lane # in a corner.
Go through the grid two or three times, and on subsequent times through they cannot make the same choice again (why you mark the box with their lane #).
table border="1" width="402" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">tbody>tr>td valign="top" width="100">span style="color: #ff0000;">Activity 1 3x streamline + 3 strokes Free/span>/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 2 3x streamline + 2 fly strokes no kick/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 3 3x streamline + 3 BK strokes/td>td valign="top" width="100">Activity 4 3x streamline + 2 BR strokes/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">10 Flips/td>td valign="top" width="100">10 Handstands/td>td valign="top" width="100">span style="color: #ff0000;">10 Streamline Jumps/span>/td>td valign="top" width="100">10 Handstands that turn into flips/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">4×25 FLY K/td>td valign="top" width="100">span style="color: #ff0000;">4×25 FR K/span>/td>td valign="top" width="100">2x 50 BK/td>td valign="top" width="100">1×100 BR/td>/tr>tr>td valign="top" width="100">Float on back from bottom to surface/td>td valign="top" width="100">span style="color: #ff0000;">Put nose, belly button and 1 big toe on bottom for 2 seconds 3x/span>/td>td valign="top" width="100">Do 5 second front float, then flip 5x/td>td valign="top" width="100">Find place in lane to do 3 creative streamlines/td>/tr>/tbody>/table>
As an example, the group went through the grid, and did the activities in RED. For the second time down the grid, they would need to choose from each row a box still BLACK.
You can tailor this game for anything you want. It gives swimmers a choice in their workout, but limited by what you put in the boxes. This game instills a sense of personal responsibility because it gives the swimmers the illusion of choice.
The game came can turn into a race, or give surprise awards for Tick, tack, toe’s or Connect 4’s, or Bingos.
Make the game more random and use a die to roll for their choice and assign a # to each box.
Have you played this game? What are some variations you’ve used?
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