Minnows 12/3/2019

Dryland Activities:

Question of the Day: Do you *have* to raise money to swim for 1 hour at Laps for Coho?
Correct = Do 1 lap throwing money in the air
Wrong = Do 1 lap picking up money from the floor and do 3 pushups.

Warmup in water:

100 IM Kick
2 x 25 position 11.

Review 3 things for Streamline before first 25.
1) Lock your thumb.
2) Squeeze your ears (back of head).
3) Look down (with your whole face).
Review 3 things for Position 11 before second 25:
1) Keep your arms straight.
2) Stay at the surface (even when you breathe).
3) Look down (with your whole face).

Split Up into 2 Groups

Group 1

3 x SL + 5 FREE + 1 breath

Strong freestyle kick throughout.
Focus on arms reaching to 11, head aiming straight down, and power with each stroke.

Must breathe 1 time on stroke 2, 3, or 4. No breathing on 1 or 5.

Group 2

3 x SL on back + 3 BK after flags

Goals:

Underwater first, lean back, grow into streamline. Long flat glide looking up with bubbles in SL.

Stay in SL until you reach the flags.

After the flags, begin three strokes.

Count with your thumb EXITS the water, or begins the recovery portion of the stroke.

Get back together in one group

Test Set: Swim for 5 Minutes.

Swim for 5 minutes.

Count how many lengths, or 25’s, or one direction, that you swim.

Avoid stopping at the wall.

Minnows: Must swim 4 lengths, or 25’s of FREE first, then can do any of the following by 25: FR, BK, FR K, or BK K.

Sharks: Must swim 4 lengths, or 25’s, or a 100 of FREE first, then can do any of the following by 25: FR, BK, FR K, BK K, FLY K.

3 x SL through Hula Hoops

Hold the hula hoop with the base touching the bottom at the T mark.

More advanced, move the hula hoop to the bottom at the flags.

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Test Set: Swim for 5 Minutes.

Swim for 5 minutes.

Count how many lengths, or 25’s, or one direction, that you swim.

Avoid stopping at the wall.

Minnows: Must swim 4 lengths, or 25’s of FREE first, then can do any of the following by 25: FR, BK, FR K, or BK K.

Sharks: Must swim 4 lengths, or 25’s, or a 100 of FREE first, then can do any of the following by 25: FR, BK, FR K, BK K, FLY K.

True or False Game

Everyone gets out of the water. Line up with a fair amount of space between each person. Two feet’s toes on the edge.

Coach:
“If I say something true, you jump in. If I say something false, do not jump in.

If you’re wrong, you’re out. Last one in wins. If everyone is out, I win.”

1st statement is easy and always true.
“This is a swimming pool.” or something similar.

Then ask swimming questions getting ever more specific.
“you must touch the wall with 2 hands on freestyle” – False. You don’t HAVE to.

Make statements about the coach that the swimmers would know.
“My name is…”
“I went to high school at…”
innocuous innocent facts that are appropriate for a child setting.

Q of the Day Answer: NO! You can come swim for 1 hour without raising money.

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