Red Cross Swim Kids 4 Lesson #1 – Dara's

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Red Cross Swim Kids 4
Lesson #9
TEACHING TIP:
Remember the 3X (GST) rule when teaching strokes/skills.
Do General corrections after entire group attempts item, then give Specific corrections for each
swimmer. Follow with Try it again and apply corrections.
Kickboard Pile High Relay
Description:
1. Divide swimmers into 2 teams.
2. Make 2 piles of kickboards on the far side of the pool.
3. The first member of each team swims over, grabs a kickboard, and returns.
4. The next member of each team swims over with the kickboard, picks up a second kickboard, and returns.
5. The relay continues until all kickboards are retrieved.
Pick a Card
Purpose: Review water safety knowledge
Description:
1. Show index cards with pictures or descriptions of sites where swimmers should and should not enter the water.
2. Ask swimmers to identify what types of entries are safe (if any) to perform at these sites. Prompt swimmers to
identify what they need to do to check the depth of the water for safe diving prior to dive entries.
Front Glide/Side Glide Combination
Description:
1. In a front glide position, swimmers do a flutter kick while slowly exhaling with their face in the water.
2. One arm pulls through the water into a side glide position.
3. Swimmers take a breath to the side and then recover their arm back to the front glide position. (Arm recovery can be
under or over water, depending on the level of the swimmer.)
4. Swimmers can repeat this combination with the same arm several times or can alternate arms.
Sponge Relay on Back
Purpose: Develop endurance to 15m
Description:
1. Divide swimmers into teams. Position each team across the pool from a bucket and sponge, which are placed on the
pool deck. Ensure that the distance between the bucket/sponge and the swimmers is between 5 and 15m.
2. Swimmers kick one or two at a time on their back to the sponge, get it wet, roll over, and squeeze it into the bucket.
Swimmers then return, doing a flutter kick.
3. The winning team is the one that fills the bucket first.
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