Holds & Drills🧜♀️
The purpose of the ear on shoulder drill
What is to practice proper head and body position while performing a side breath
The end goal for how simple freestyle will look (Demonstration)
What is 2 widths of circle swimming and side breaths
Amount of hands used to finish a freestyle swim
What is 1 hand
A swimmer struggles to remain at the top of water in backstroke
What is check if their kicks are at the top of the water and remind them to keep their chin back and belly up
The correct way to manipulate breaststroke kicks (With Demonstration)
What is from the feet with verbal cue "up, out, around, together"
The end goal for how competitive free style will look
What is 4 widths of competitive freestyle with bilateral breaths
The fun saying of how to do a breakout
What is "Elbow your brother, call you mother"
A swimmer is treading water on their back
What is making sure to practice hand and feet motion on the bench, and make sure they keep their head up and remain in one place
The purpose of the pull and push drill
What is to focus on timing of the stroke
The main end goals to pass Pro 1
What is 2 widths of simple freestyle and back stroke, 1 width of simple breaststroke kick and dolphin kick, and 60 seconds of treading water
The order of Individual Medley Transitions
What is butterfly to backstroke, backstroke to breaststroke, breaststroke to freestyle
A swimmer pops their head up rather than take a side breath
What is use the ear on shoulder hold and give an expectation of when to take a breath
The correct way to manipulate butterfly (demonstration)
What is a hold from the wrist to help with arms and dolphin kicks
The requirements to pass Pro 2 and join Swim Force
What is 1 widths simple breaststroke and simple butterfly, 2 widths competitive backstroke. 4 minutes continuous competitive freestyle swim with biliteral side breaths and attempt flip turn.
The breaststroke turn name and process
What is a pull-out and the process is 1 dolphin kick, arms down, then start pulls and kicks to surface
A swimmer mixes breaststroke and butterfly pulls and kicks
What is Remind them of breaststroke using the verbal cues "up, out, around together," and "breath and pull kick, and glide." Breaststroke arms go under and for butterfly remind of dolphin kicks and arms going over the water
The purpose of the thumb drag drill
What is helps hands and elbows in the proper position for hand entry
A swimmer who is ready to graduate swim force
What is proficient in all 4 strokes, turns, and finishes. Endurance and speed can not be fully worked on within our pool
The proper turn or finish includes:
Not stopping before or after the wall
A swimmer stops before and after their flip turn
What is using the flip turn progression with the wall and helping the swimmer push out