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Page 2 Red Cross Swim Kids 4 Lesson #4 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. The 9-1-1 Busters Purpose: Practise contacting EMS/9-1-1 Description: 1. Review with swimmers some incidents in which people needed help. 2. Tell them one way to get help is to call 9-1-1 (or a community alternative). 3. Teach swimmers the 9-1-1 rap song (theme to Ghost Busters) When someone is in trouble and you don’t know what to do Who ya gonna call? (class says “9-1-1”) Who ya gonna call? (class says “9-1-1”). 4. Have the class substitute specific situations for “trouble.” Have other swimmers lead the rap. 5. This activity can be done as part of other activities, such as surface support and relaxed floats. Rhythm Circle Purpose: Practise rhythmic breathing Description: 1. Have swimmers form a circle. 2. Assign each swimmer a number, starting with 1. 3. Swimmer 1 performs a bob. Swimmer 2 must imitate that bob and so on around the circle. 4. Once everyone around the circle has performed a bob, Swimmer 2 performs a different form of bob. Everyone copies the bob. 5. Repeat so that every swimmer has a chance to start the circle. Front Glide/Side Glide Combination Description: 1. Swimmers may hold a kickboard in front if desired. 2. In a front glide position, swimmers do a flutter kick while slowly exhaling with their face in the water. 3. One arm pulls through the water into a side glide position. 4. 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.) 5. Swimmers can repeat this combination with the same arm several times or can alternate arms. Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross Swim Kids 4 Lesson #5 Duration: 30 minutes Time: ___________________ Equipment: Bandages, pictures (or maps) of safe and unsafe swimming locations in the community (if available) Time (mins) Activity/Skill Formation NOTE: Complete a mid-session evaluation (optional). 4 Skills and Water Safety Self-Safety Local Swimming Conditions and Hazards (see page 2) 4 Fitness Activity Flutter Kick on Back 15m – 3 times 9 Skills and Water Safety Surface Support, Deep Water 45 sec - Bandage Activity (see page 2) Self-Safety – Safe Diving Kneeling Dive 13 Strokes and Drills Back Swim with Shoulder Roll 15m - Back Sailboat/Shoulder Roll Combination 10m (see page 2) – 3 times Front Crawl 10m - Multi-Kick Drill 10m (see page 2) – 3 times Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Red Cross Society
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