Swim Lesson Templates and Plans: Learn How and When to use them and Create your own
Think of a lesson plan for swimming as the roadmap for your instructors to follow. Lesson plans are the guideposts along the path to a successful swi…
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The Two Best Goggles for Swim Team Beginners
New to the Swim Team, Essential Gear After you get your swim suit and your towel, the next most essential swim team item for the…
Swimming Game – Fly and Back
What Swimming Skill will be the focus? Flatter surface fly, and pressing down with arms extended Explain the game in detail. What gives a challenge…
Swimming Game – Glide through the Hula Hoop
What Swimming Skill will be the focus? Breaststroke Glide What can we do that gives a challenge to everyone, but allows for failure? Have one…
Swimming Game – Slalom
We play this game with the middle groups of our swim team. Have at least 7 people in each lane. Have 6 people stand on…
Getting Level One in the water
Getting in the water can often be overlooked by most lesson plans and teaching programs. It is generally the first contact that the teacher has…
Teaching the Level One Swimmer: Assumptions and Goals
Assumptions We’ll start with a few assumptions: Level One swimmers do not willingly go underwater on their own. They know nothing about freestyle, backstroke,…
Swimming Game – True or False
We play this game at the end of our swim team practices. Typically we go to the diving well (if we have one). The game…
Swimming Game – Driving the Stake
You’ll need a deep pool to play this game! Have your swimmers find a partner. One swimmer gets in as straight as a body position…
Swim Drill – Breaststroke Under Lane Lines
Swim Drill – Breaststroke Under Lane Lines Need a great drill for your advanced swimmers for Breaststroke? This is an excellent drill to focus on…
Swimming Lessons can Help prevent Drowning
With this recent article about what drowning actually looks like, it makes us think that now is the time to start swimming lessons. While lessons…
Parent Tot – Bobs
Go underwater repeatedly. Blow bubbles underwater. Breathe in above water. Beginner: go up to lips. Intermediate: go underwater up to nose. Advanced: Go underwater completely…
Why “Mr. Fox” is the worst swim game you can play
If you are not familiar with the game, check this out: wikipedia on “Mr. Fox” Basically: – swimmer 1 stands away from the others, who…
Parent Tot – Hokey Pokey
Child held by parent facing inside of circle. Parent holding child facing away from chest, or in the saddle (child legs around one of parent’s…
Parent Tot – Front Crawl Arms
Child held by parent. Parent holding child in FRONT GLIDE position. Parent uses one hand to hold child up by holding chest with palm up.…
Parent Tot – Back Crawl Arms
Child held by parent. Parent holding child. Parent holds child with one hand, palm up on back, child’s head on surface of water in front…
Parent Tot – Passing to the wall
Child held by parent. Parent holding child in front of body facing away. Parent should hold child horizontal facing towards the wall. Count “1, 2,…
Swim Drill – Three Flips Drill
3 flips activity for swim practice
Parent Tot – Passing
Child help by parent or instructor. Parent holding child, or ready to receive child. Progression based on comfort: Hold child in front of body with…
Parent Tot – Scooping – Going Underwater
Child in the water held by parent. Parent Holding child thumbs over collar bones with fingers and palm on chest, or like catching football (thumbs…