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Thanksgiving Week Minnows Practice Plan 11/27/2019

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Dryland Activities

Warmup in Water

100 IM Kick2 x 25 position 11.

Split Up into 2 Groups

Group 1

3 x SL + 3 x Roll like a green bean log with head and feet aiming at the lane lines after the streamline breaks the surface for 5 rolls.

Group 2

3 x SL + Brine your turkey; float like a trussed turkey in the water completely underwater after a friend “spices you up” before you start the streamline.

Get Back Together in One Group

Earn your FEAST!

  1. 1 x 100 BK
  2. 1 x 75 BK K
  3. 1 x 75 FREE
  4. 1 x 50 BK
  5. 1 x 50 FREE
  6. 1 x 25 BK
  7. 1 x 25 FREE

Diving – Standing Dive from the Block

Stand with foot with toes curled over the edge. Rest weight on the forward leg.

Second leg is slightly back, though knees are near each other. Lift back heel off the block.

Be Calm.

Be Confident.

Be relaxed.

Swimmer waits until they hear, “take your mark.”

Bend at the waist, grasping the forward edge of the block outside the foot already curled over edge. Use both fingers and thumbs in front.

Look at back leg.

Fart at the moon (to get hips up).

Launch forward when you hear “go.”

Q of the Day Answer

YES! Sweet potatoes float! But plain potatoes do not. Huh.

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