Swimming Ideas Podcast 003: Short Distance Skill Work

03/02/2015 34 min

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Episode Synopsis

You'll take from this episode a huge range of possibility for your swimming program. This technique works wonderfully for both swim lessons and for swim teams and their developmental programs. If you're working on new drills or turns, you can use this for teaching advanced swimmers!
 
Here is what we'll cover:
 
Lessons:
 
 
 

How to set up your pool for short distances
How it works during a lesson
What the instructor should be doing

How to explain what you're doing

Everyone goes 3x streamline + …
Everyone does this, rotation style

How to give feedback

Once they get to instructor
On the way back to start place


What the swimmer gets out of it

Walk through their individual journey

What are instructions
What should focus on
Attempt 1 feedback
Attempt 2 on return (or not)
What do they do while waiting for their turn