Teaching Swimming

Essential Swim Skills

Underwater and Glides

6 Topics | 1 Quiz

Going Underwater

Underwater Progression

“Do you want to go underwater?”

Free motion and play

Supported Front Glides

Supported Back Glides

Kicking, Streamline, Freestyle

4 Topics | 1 Quiz

Front Crawl Arms – Freestyle

Freestyle Breathing

Backstroke and Breaststroke

3 Topics | 1 Quiz

Backstroke Arms

Breaststroke Kick

Breaststroke Arms

Butterfly and Turns

4 Topics | 1 Quiz

How to Teach: Method and Delivery

Crafting Effective Language

8 Topics | 1 Quiz

Introduction to Communication

Using Command Language

Removing “okay” from the end of your sentences

Constant Feedback

Praise and Feedback types

Feedback layer cake

Crafting Effective Language Quiz

Engaging your students

6 Topics | 1 Quiz

Total active engagement

Rotation method

Maximizing action

Engaging your students

Using lesson plans

3 Topics | 1 Quiz

Lesson plan organization

Progressions and flow

Using lesson plans Quiz

How to handle going underwater

5 Topics | 1 Quiz

Handling going underwater

Incremental underwater progression

Addressing fear

Dunking versus scooping

Scooping progression

How to handle going underwater Quiz

Parent and Infant / Tot

Running a Parent and Infant/tot class

3 Topics | 1 Quiz

Running parent and infant class Quiz

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Question 1 of 12

1. Question
Does it build trust if a swimmer says, “no, I don’t want to go underwater,” and you dunk them anyways?
- Yes. It tells them that they can trust you're going to do whats best for them and get them to go underwater at any cost.
- No! Asking them if they want to go underwater, and then ignoring their choice destroys their trust in you.
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Question 2 of 12

2. Question
What game is excellent for getting kids to put their face in the water?
- Mr. Fox
- Bake a Cake
- Red Light, Green Light
- Challenge – Flips
- Humpty Dumpty
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Question 3 of 12

3. Question
Is this lifejacket the correct size for the swimmer?
- Yes
- No
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Question 4 of 12

4. Question
Which type of support would you provide to a swimmer that:

Is comfortable with brief moments going underwater alone, but is quick to frighten and needs help?
- Hand on shoulders supported front glide.
- Hand in hand, where swimmer keeps face above water throughout.
- Short glide by themselves, reach the instructor, then either hand in hand, or hand on shoulders.
- No support glide into deeper water. Then help when they start to sink.
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Question 5 of 12

5. Question
Choose the type of holding that is correct.
- C
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Question 6 of 12

6. Question
The underwater progression goes from the shoulders up to the whole head. Knowing the progression is important for instructors because…

(choose all correct answers)
- we want to create minutia that you need to remember for no reason other than to fill your brain with nonsense you're about to forget.
- It gives instructors an easy reference to push swimmers into going underwater in a safe, predictable, step-by-step manner.
- going underwater is scary for beginners. If we jump a progression step, like asking a new swimmer to put their eyes underwater when they're uncomfortable with their lips, then they'll refuse or be scared.
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Question 7 of 12

7. Question
Why do you need to closely monitor swimmers in life jackets?

Choose all that apply.
- Swimmer may flip over and not be able to re-orientate causing stress or fear.
- The swimmers are not expected to have fun. We need to hover over them o they don’t smile.
- They won't learn anything if they're left to explore and move on their own.
- They can overbalance and be too weak to lift their heads out of the water.
- Swim instructors should always supervise their swimmers; their safety is your priority.
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Question 8 of 12

8. Question
What does it mean to teach with “incremental progression?”
- Teach new skills like you're riding a tornado or thunderstorm under inclement weather. Throw new skills in the mix, swirl them around and see what happens. The chaos and distraction will keep them off their toes and make them learn better.
- Like stairs, each activity is a step in the staircase walking up to a more complicated skill. Swimmers will do small achievable steps to work their way to better swimming. Instructors introduce a chunk, or a skill piece, and work on it in short distances. The next skill will build off that chunk and add another layer of complexity. Over time the swimmers will build up to good swimming.
- Teaching swimming skills by starting with short distances then gradually increasing the distance with different skills like freestyle, fly kick, and backstroke arms. Instructors will choose in the moment what the swimmer will do, but the distance is what matters most; short first, longer later.
- A progression for the swim instructor to get better at teaching swimming where they start with the level 1 kids, then move up to level 2 when they prove they can teach front and back glides well.
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Question 9 of 12

9. Question
If you ask a swimmer if they want to go underwater, and they say “no,” should you pull them under anyways?
- No. Do not pull them under, or dunk them. Keep their head above water.
- Yes, but only pull them under a little bit, just to the chin or eyes; whatever you've seen them do before up to their level of comfort on the underwater progression.
- Yes! They need to learn how to swim and tough love is the only way to make that happen.
- 50/50. If you can keep them falling under, do so. Otherwise let them sink or swim.
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Question 10 of 12

10. Question
What is the supported front glide script?

Organize first line at the top, last part of the script on the bottom.
- Stand on the edge of the bench. Reach forward. Jump! and kick! Go as far as you can then come back.
- Get ready on the side. Reach forward with your fingers together. Put your face down. Jump sideways!
- Put your shoulders in the water. Reach your arms in front of you. Put your [chin, lips, nose, eyes, face] in the water. Push off with me.
- Look at me. Kneel down so your shoulders are underwater. Fall forward. Kick as hard as you can.
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Question 11 of 12

11. Question
When working with young swimmers in shallow water why is it important for the instructor to put their shoulders in the water too?
- Because being at eye level all the times is the best way to assert the instructor's dominance and authority over the swimmers.
- The swim instructor sets the tone and example for the rest of the class and most of the supported glides require that the shoulders are in the water to do it properly.
- Putting the shoulders in the water makes throwing kids easier.
- Because by lowering the shoulders in the water the instructor can hide from the swim parents and they won't recognize them when they stand up and leave the pool.
- The instructor wants the kids to walk around with their shoulders in at all times too so they get more comfortable about going underwater.
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Question 12 of 12

12. Question
What is NOT a good demonstration?
- Video of related skill
- SwimSheet laminated sheet
- Another swimmer attempting the skill.
- The swim instructor doing the skill while the swimmers sit on the side.
- Someone acting it out on deck
- A lengthy description about an abstract concept like a metaphor.
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