SIP 043: Interrupt your flow

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Why we would interrupt a skill progression to play a game, and why it works for swim lessons and better retention.

General swimming lesson information.

Typical swim lesson plans:

Enter
Underwater
Front glides
Free swim
Breathing
Free swim
Back glides
Back arms
Back swim
Jumps
Games
Done.

Swimming Ideas lesson plans:

Entry
Underwater
Front glides
Game
Arm circles
Freestyle swim
Back glides
Game
Back arms
Back swim
Jumps
Front glides with arms

We insert games, and jumps to recapture dulling attention.

Most everything you do in the water should be moving your swimmers to better ability in the water. Sometimes the best way to do that is with a game or a song.

We are essentially teaching “body control” in very specific restricted movements. But that comes with it some requirement to know what the “feel for the water” is.

Basic premise:

Repetitive learning.

Set up similar systems for participant expectations.

When it gets boring, play a game, sing a song, do alternate activity.

Return to system.