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When we conduct our Advanced Swim Lessons they serve as a bridge between swim lessons and our competitive swimming team. We want to help ease the transition between instructor-in-water lessons to coach on deck instruction.

We arrange the pool into lanes with the lane lines in. 1 instructor serves as the “lead instructor” or “coach.” And we have additional instructors in the water (if needed) to serve as lane instructors.

We purchased the EliteProjector Ultra Short Throw Projector MosicGO 1080p, 1500 lumins and coupled it with a Google Chrome Cast.

The Lead instructor guides the class through the activities.

The lane instructors follow along with the lesson plans on printed sheets.

The swimmers get a swim team like lesson over 45 minutes that emulates what it would be like to participate on a Developmental Swim Team!

What does the Lead Instructor Do?

The Lead Instructor will introduce every activity and challenge and be the “coach” or Leader of the entire lesson.

The Lead Instructor should interact with ALL swimmers and swim instructors. They should give feedback constantly, JUST AS IF THEY were in the water with the swimmers.

• Lead the entire lesson. “We are doing this activity next. Everyone is going to do 3 streamlines with three free strokes and a flip. No breathing. Ready, Go!”
• Give feedback to swim instructors
• Give feedback to swimmers
• Move the lesson plan on the projector

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What do the Swim Instructors do?

The swim instructors in the water will echo the activities and commands and work with the swimmers on a one-on-one basis, in charge of their swimmers, but adhering to the Lead Instructor’s commands and direction.

• Reiterate the instructions from the Lead Instructor TO the swimmers
• Give constant feedback to the swimmers
• Control their class/lane space

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Here is a sample portion of an online lesson plan that you’d use with a TV or Projector:

It matches the written lesson plan exactly with some supplemental material like videos.

Example lesson /START

Level 4 Day 2:

1 x 100 IM Kick

In order, a 25 of each stroke: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle
All done in soldier position.

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2 x 50

Instructor’s choice of swim, kick, or drill.
Use fins, or not.
Can be a combination or all the same stroke.

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Question of the Day:

What does “bilateral breathing” mean?

Correct: 25 Free w/ Fins + 25 CHOICE
Wrong: 50 FREE w/ Fins

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5-6 x Streamline + HLBw/R 3x

Head Lead Balance with Rotation. Do 3 rotations of the hips before stopping.

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5-6 x Streamline 3 x 1 arm only FR

Do a streamline underwater. At the surface do 1 arm only freestyle three times. The non-moving arm remains in soldier (near the hips). No breath.

Basically HLBw/R but with 1 arm of free.

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Challenge: Flip 1st then SL on BK past the flags

Start facing the water. Then, do a front flip.
Without breaking the surface finish the front flip, do a backstroke streamline on your back and stay in streamline to the flags.

Allow swimmers to breath whenever they need to.

Example lesson /END

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Lead Instructor’s responsibilities:

• Adjust the website page on the projector or TV to the next item.
• Make sure that the lesson plan is ready to go before the class starts.
• Announce each activity and explain it to the entire class.
• Give feedback to every swimmer during the lesson; in addition to any feedback to the swim instructors in the water.
• Follow up with instructions and clarify.
• Make adaptations based on lane for each swimmer of various abilities and communicate with the swim instructors about those changes.

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Key points:

• Be prepared
• Be clear; the Lead instructor is leading the entire lesson and is directing the swim instructors and the swimmers.
• Swim Instructors should be prepared to give individual feedback to the swimmers in their lane and serve as a guide/resource/helper
• Ensure that the TV or Projector is a safe distance awa from the pool deck, not causing a slip, trip, or fall hazard, and is adequately visible from the water.