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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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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

Vertical Float

swimming lessons - floating

As the name indicates, the body is upright. This float is for those who are confident and safe in deep water and who find horizontal floating difficult. The arms are outstretched sideways and the head tilted slightly back. In undisturbed water it is possible to experiment with the effects of breathing out and breathing in, in relation to how low or high the pupils float in the water.

Key Points

• vertical body position

• head back slightly

• arms outstretched sideways

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