Instructor Training Challenge: Name and Food Match

Name

Core Skill

This challenge tests participants’memoryandobservationskills.

Who

This game is designed for swim instructor training sessions. It works best with groups of 6–20 participants who are learning to work together and build rapport.

What

Participants try to remember and match the names and food preferences of everyone at the training. It’s a fast-paced, team-based memory challenge that also sharpens communication.

How

1. At the beginning of the training, have everyone introduce themselves and say one food they won’t eat.
2. Write down the names and foods on a board or paper for everyone to see.
3. After some time, erase or hide the board/paper and divide the group into two teams.
4. One team member from each team comes up and tries to match the names and foods of everyone at the training.
5. The team member can ask one question to anyone at the training, such as “What is your name?” or “What food won’t you eat?”
6. The team member must match as many names and foods as possible in one minute.
7. The team with the most correct matches wins the game.

Difficulties Instructors Might Face

1. Participants not paying attention or forgetting names and foods during introductions.
2. Asking the wrong questions or not using the Question Exchange effectively.
3. Getting confused by similar or unfamiliar names and foods.
4. Feeling pressured or nervous because of the time limit or competition.

How This Challenge Relates to Swim Instruction

Find challenges and training activities in our Lesson Coordinator Handbook!

Prepare your swim lesson management team with this comprehensive book designed for Lesson Coordinators and Aquatic Professionals running swim lesson programs. From detailed descriptions and management tips for Swimming Ideas simple levels to a full 6-hour training block plan, you’ll have everything you need to prepare training others to teach fun and effective swimming lessons.Give your team a wonderful guide to bolster their leadership. They’ll be more effective leaders working with their peers. They’ll have a robust training guide to run in-services that develop your swim instructor staff to better results. They’ll learn how to talk with parents, manage swimmer fear, and do evaluations of swimmers and their staff members.This training workbook has everything your leadership staff needs to run a fun and effective swimming lesson program. You’ll see three color-coded sections that will serve as a resource and reference for Aquatic Professionals and the management leadership that support them.

1. Testable skills definition and details
2. Quick test criteria
3. Instructor need-to-knows
4. Manager pay attention to
5. Pool location suggestions
6. Level specific tips for better instruction

Covering the following levels: Parent Tot, Guppies, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4

1. Timeline expectations for 8 modules
2. Module expectations for staff and leaders
3. Leadership actions and goals
4. Participant goals
5. Activity, Activity, Challenge block plan for each module
6. Peer teaching guide and evaluation for staff training

Follow this guide in a full 6 hour training day or break it up into the individual modules for smaller in-service type trainings.

1. Tools for working with swimmers, parents, and staff
2. Guides on giving feedback, talking to parents
3. Quick examples and images for context
4. Walk-through for better management
5. Leadership guides to being a better manager
6. Recommendations for personal growth in aquatics

Develop the skills and knowledge to further your management abilities. Learn how to lead your peers, separate yourself from the crowd, and be an effective manager of swim instructors.

What You Will Learn

Are you a lesson coordinator who wants to run fun and effective swimming lessons and swim teams? Do you want to learn how to train your instructors, solve common problems, and grow personally and professionally? If so, you need the Lesson Coordinator Handbook for Fun and Effective Instruction by Jeffrey Napolski. This handbook is a companion book to his best-selling Teaching Swimming: Fun and Effective Instruction, and it covers everything you need to know to be a successful lesson coordinator. You will learn how to:

1. Use a simple and clear level structure that covers all the essential swimming skills from Parent Tot to Level 4.
2. Train your instructors on how to set expectations, review skills, set up classes, use command language, give feedback, use teaching methods, address fear, and use peer teaching.
3. Solve common problems such as level assessments, evaluations, parent communication, fear, and staff management.
4. Use swimming and meditation as a way to improve your well-being and performance.

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Handbook Overview

1. The PDF is a handbook for lesson coordinators who are responsible for fun and effective instruction in swimming lessons and swim teams.
2. The handbook is a complementary book to Teaching Swimming: Fun and Effective Instruction by Jeffrey Napolski, who is also the author and illustrator of this handbook.
3. The handbook covers the following categories and topics:
4. Level structure: It explains the different levels of swimming skills from Parent Tot to Level 4, and the testable skills, pool locations, instructor knowledge, and supervisor tips for each level.
5. Training: It provides guidance on how to set expectations, review skills, set up classes, use command language, give feedback, use teaching methods, address fear, and use peer teaching for instructors.
6. Problem-solving: It offers advice on how to deal with common problems such as level assessments, evaluations, parent communication, fear, and staff management.
7. Personal growth: It encourages lesson coordinators to use swimming and meditation as a way to improve their well-being and performance.