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Jumping Entries

Prior to teaching a jumping entry it is important to give consideration to the depth of water in relation to size of the pupil (hard impact with the pool floor can result in injury). It is important to teach the pupil how to land safely i.e. bending the knees to absorb the force.

WITH HELPER ON THE SIDE

• helper secured and holding pupil's hand

Teaching Points

• toes over the edge

• bend knees on landing

Considerations

• suitable for those with confidence

• pupils must normally be able to stand in the water

• not suitable in very shallow water

WITH HELPER IN THE WATER

• helper reaches towards the child

Considerations

• helper must be confident in the water

• helper should be an adult

UNAIDED

Once the pupil can jump confidently to a helper in the water the next step is to jump unaided. At this point it is vital to stress:

Teaching Points

• look forwards

• stress feet first entry

Benefits of an unaided jumping entry

• al lows the whole group to enter at the same time

• saves time

• is good fun

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Butterfly

Butterfly is the most recent of the strokes and is second in relation to speed to Front Crawl

Although the competitive Butterfly stroke is physically demanding variations on the theme of Butterfly can be enjoyable activities that need not be too difficult. The potential to compete is developed gradually and learning the stroke should be fun. Babies often produce a dolphin type leg action without prompting.

Body Position

Key Points

• prone face down with the crown of the head leading

• horizontal with an undulating wave-like movement from head to toe

• shoulders are kept level

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Floating

Supine Float

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Being on the back means that breathing is easy. The position is ideally that taken up in a supine push and glide from which the skill may be practised. It can also be achieved from the standing position by lowering the shoulders to the surface and gently lying back in the water. If the legs tend to sink it can be helpful to allow them to relax and bend. Try gently extending the arms beyond the head to a star position. These adjustments redistribute the weight and may succeed in enabling horizontal flotation.

Key Points

• relax and pillow the head back in the water

• take a breath

• shoulders down lie back gently

• lift the feet

• gently extend the arms

• maintain a star shape

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