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Regaining the standing position

It is essential that non-swimmers being introduced to the water, are taught how to regain the standing position very early in their swimming development. This will help to develop confidence and is also an important safety skill. Initially this should be introduced using buoyancy aids or floats.

From the prone position

Practice

• push and glide to the wall (with float)

Teaching Points

• lift head

• tuck up knees

• allow the feet to go to the bottom

• stand up

Practice

• push and glide to the wall (without a float)

Teaching Points

• pull downwards and backwards with both arms

• both feet down together

Practice

• push and glide away from the wall (without float)

Teaching Points

• relax - do not hurry

• allow the legs to move towards the bottom of the pool

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Front Crawl

Front Crawl is the fastest of the four competitive strokes. The body position is almost flat and the constant propulsion from the alternating arm and leg actions make it a very efficient stroke.

Body Position

Key Points

• flat with a slight slope down to the hips. The head is neither buried nor lifted. The waterline is between the eyebrows and natural hairline

• eyes look forwards and downwards

• the slight slope down to the hips keeps the kick in the water

• shoulders roll into the stroke to utilise the strong chest muscles and to generate a strong propulsive force

• slight head adjustments change the position of the legs. If the head is lifted the legs will drop and vice-versa, like a see-saw

• the legs work almost within body depth. This creates the least resistance to forward motion

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Floating

Prone Float

swimming lessons - floating

This horizontal float can be a continuation of a prone push and glide. It can also be achieved from standing by lowering the shoulders and gently leaning forwards to lie face down in the water. A star float or X position is an easy variation. A count of ten is enough time to sustain the face down position.

Key Points

• take a breath

• lean forward to face down position

• lift the legs

• make a star shape

• relax

• keep the head down

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Abbott Street-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Alton Pancras-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Ansty Cross-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Ashley Heath-Dorset (near Ringwood)

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Blandford St Mary-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Bovington Camp-Dorset (near Wareham)

Boys Hill-Dorset (near Sherborne)

Bradford Abbas-Dorset (near Yeovil)

Bradford Peverell-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Branksome Park-Dorset (near Bournemouth)

Buckland Newton-Dorset (near Sherborne)

Buckland Ripers-Dorset (near Weymouth)

Burton Bradstock-Dorset (near Bridport)

Canford Bottom-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Canford Cliffs-Dorset (near Bournemouth)

Canford Magna-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Catherston Leweston-Dorset (near Lyme Regis)

Cattistock-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Caundle Marsh-Dorset (near Sherborne)

Cerne Abbas-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Charlton Marshall-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Charlton on the Hill-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Child Okeford-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Church Knowle-Dorset (near Wareham)

Coles Cross-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Combe Almer-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Compton Abbas-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Compton Valence-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Coombe Keynes-Dorset (near Wareham)

Corfe Castle-Dorset (near Wareham)

Corfe Mullen-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Crab Orchard-Dorset (near Verwood)

Crouch Hill-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

Dean End-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Dorset-Gloucestershire (near Tewkesbury)

Drive End-Dorset (near Yeovil)

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East Pulham-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

East Stoke-Dorset (near Wareham)

East Stour-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Enmore Green-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Fifehead Magdalen-Dorset (near Gillingham)

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Fifehead St Quinton-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Fontmell Magna-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Fontmell Parva-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

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Friar Waddon-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Frome St Quintin-Dorset (near Beaminster)

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Gaunt's Common-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Giddy Green-Dorset (near Wareham)

Glanvilles Wootton-Dorset (near Sherborne)

Gold Hill-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Grange Gate-Dorset (near Wareham)

Gussage St Andrew-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Gussage St Michael-Dorset (near Verwood)

Guy's Marsh-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Ham Common-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Harman's Cross-Dorset (near Swanage)

Hazelbury Bryan-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Highcliffe on Sea-Dorset (near New Milton)

Higher Ansty-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Higher Bockhampton-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Higher Coombe-Dorset (near Bridport)

Higher Halstock Leigh-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Higher Nyland-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

Higher Whatcombe-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Hinton Martell-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Holdenhurst Village-Dorset (near Christchurch)

Holt Heath-Dorset (near Ferndown)

Holton Heath-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Horn Ash-Dorset (near Crewkerne)

Ivy Cross-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Iwerne Courtney-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

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Kingston Lacy-Dorset (near Wimborne)

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Kingston Russell-Dorset (near Bridport)

Knap Corner-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Langton Herring-Dorset (near Weymouth)

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Leigh Common-Dorset (near Gillingham)

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Lower Nyland-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

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Lulworth Camp-Dorset (near Wareham)

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Milborne Wood-Dorset (near Dorchester)

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Moigne Combe-Dorset (near Dorchester)

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Nether Cerne-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Nether Compton-Dorset (near Sherborne)

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Okeford Fitzpaine-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Osmington Mills-Dorset (near Weymouth)

Over Compton-Dorset (near Yeovil)

Pallington Heath-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Penselwood-Somerset (near Gillingham)

Pig Oak-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Post Green-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Purse Caundle-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

Queen Oak-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Rampisham Down-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Ryme Intrinseca-Dorset (near Yeovil)

Salway Ash-Dorset (near Bridport)

Sandford Orcas-Dorset (near Sherborne)

Shave Cross-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Sherborne Causeway-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Shipton Gorge-Dorset (near Bridport)

Sixpenny Handley-Dorset (near Verwood)

South Bowood-Dorset (near Beaminster)

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St Andrews Well-Dorset (near Bridport)

St Ives-Dorset (near Ringwood)

Stalbridge Weston-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

Stoborough Green-Dorset (near Wareham)

Stoke Abbott-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Stoke Wake-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Stour Provost-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Stour Row-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Stourton Caundle-Dorset (near Stalbridge)

Sturminster Common-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

Sturminster Marshall-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Sturminster Newton-Dorset Sutton Poyntz-Dorset

Sutton Poyntz-Dorset (near Weymouth)

Sutton Waldron-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Sydling St Nicholas-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Tarrant Gunville-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Hinton-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Keynston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Launceston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Monkton-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Rawston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Tarrant Rushton-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Three Legged Cross-Dorset (near Verwood)

Tollard Farnham-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

Toller Fratrum-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Toller Porcorum-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Toller Whelme-Dorset (near Beaminster)

Trickett's Cross-Dorset (near Ferndown)

Up Cerne-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Up Sydling-Dorset (near Dorchester)

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West Knighton-Dorset (near Dorchester)

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West Melbury-Dorset (near Shaftesbury)

West Milton-Dorset (near Bridport)

West Moors-Dorset (near Ferndown)

West Morden-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

West Orchard-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

West Parley-Dorset (near Ferndown)

West Pulham-Dorset (near Sturminster Newton)

West Stour-Dorset (near Gillingham)

Westbourne-Dorset (near Bournemouth)

Whitchurch Canonicorum-Dorset (near Lyme Regis)

White Lackington-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Wimborne Minster-Dorset (near Wimborne)

Wimborne St Giles-Dorset (near Verwood)

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Winfrith Newburgh-Dorset (near Wareham)

Winterborne Came-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Winterborne Clenston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Herringston-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Winterborne Houghton-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Kingston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Monkton-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Winterborne Muston-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Stickland-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Tomson-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Winterborne Whitechurch-Dorset (near Blandford Forum)

Winterborne Zelston-Dorset (near Lytchett Minster)

Winterbourne Abbas-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Winterbourne Steepleton-Dorset (near Dorchester)

Wootton Fitzpaine-Dorset (near Lyme Regis)

Worth Matravers-Dorset (near Swanage)

Wyke Regis-Dorset (near Weymouth)

Wynford Eagle-Dorset (near Beaminster)

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