Games and Toys from Dynamic Aquatics with Kyndal
I recently sent out an email asking about your struggles this summer. Through some conversation I got to talking to Kyndal from Dynamic Aquatics and…
I recently sent out an email asking about your struggles this summer. Through some conversation I got to talking to Kyndal from Dynamic Aquatics and…
Category: Group Activity Core Skill: Swimming Knowledge / General Swimming Name: Election! We played this game on the fly on November 8th, the night of the american…
Category: Group Activity / Personal Challenge Core Skill: Swimming Knowledge Name: Swimming Baseball Were you caught up in baseball world series fervor? The Cubs finally won the…
Category: Personal Challenge Core Skill: Varied Name: (Category of Game) You want to play games in your swim lessons and at swim practice. It makes your…
Category: Group Challenge, Chance Core Skill: Coach’s choice Name: Flip a Race You’ll need two large coins. Quarters will do. The coach flips a coin, then a swimmer…
Category: Personal Challenge (in groups) Core Skill: Body position, body control, mimicking Name: Statue Master Statue master is an interesting game that at first looks like you…
Category: Group Challenge/Skill Core Skill: Streamline Name: Human Cannonball Check out the picture first. We played this game because I noticed at swim practice our streamlines…
Category: Individual Challenge Core Skill: Going Underwater, Recovering to surface Name: Underwater picture game This game idea comes from one of Swimming Ideas’ members. She uses this game…
Swimming lessons start with being able to go underwater. If you don’t go underwater, then you cannot proceed with learning how to move well…
Category: Group Activity or Challenge Core Skill: All, depending on instructor/coach choice Name: Roll the Dice then Go Who: This game is good for all abilities and all…
Kickboard Wars, Kicking Battle, Kick Tug of War No matter what you call this game, it can be fun, exciting and open to many different…
Learn how to identify who you’re working with when you want to Create Fun and Effective Swim Games In this brief video tutorial we’ll go…
Category: Individual challenge Core Skill: backstroke, posture, balance Name: Back Float Contest This game is best played in a diving well, or a large…
Category: Group Challenge, Race Core Skill: speed, stroke work chosen by instructor Name: Swimming Musical Chairs It isn’t really musical chairs, and there isn’t any music unless you…
Category: Independent Challenge Core Skill: blowing bubbles / going underwater. Name: Floating toy hurricane Level 1 class (going underwater), 5 participants, 1 teacher Assume we…
Take a break from your regular instruction and assign points to each challenge completion. This game is great for beginners and advanced swimmers as you…
Who is this game for? Swim teams, and upper level swimmers. You’ll need to do this with a group that has a decent understanding of…
The best swimming games are also songs that you can play and sing with multiple groups of people. Ideally you will use this song and…
We should all know that streamline is the most essential and foundational swimming skill. Every stroke uses it and every portion of each competitive stroke…
Setup Game is basically a race between two teams. We have a 4 lane pool. Lanes 1 and 2 get out and stand on their…