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Treading Water - How To Do It, Plus Front Crawl Lesson Plans To Download and Print
Can you tread water? How often does it feature in your lessons? Treading water is an important skill to learn for many reasons. Also this week, some front crawl lesson plans that you can actually download and print out.
Hi, Mark here. I hope you've had a great week.
Treading water is an important skill to learn. First off, it is an essential part of water safety and personal survival. On top of that, it boosts confidence, particularly when swimming in deep water. Anything that boosts confidence can only be good!
Check out my printable download for the finer details about how to tread water and how to teach treading water by clicking here or the link below.
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Front Crawl Lesson Plans
Not every swimming teacher uses a lesson plan when delivering their lessons, but teachers that are new to the job might find a ready-made plan a valuable time-saver. Maybe some established swimming teachers will find lesson plans a refreshing change?
I have put together a printable download that contains a sequence of 5 front crawl lesson plans. Each lesson teaches a part of the stroke, starting with body position and working through to the timing and coordination. Remember to use your professional judgement to adapt the plans to your pupils, swimming pool and lesson timing. Click the link below to download them. I hope you find them really useful.
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That's it for this week. Take care and stay safe.
Happy swimming!
Cheers
Mark
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I've been teaching swimming for over 30 years and I built Swim Teach so that I can share all my knowledge, wisdom and experience from the thousands of swimming lessons I have had the pleasure of teaching. Take a look back through my previous newsletters and see what you missed.
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