Lesson ideas

Streamlining is an essential part of swimming and this award focuses the swimmer on their position and control.

Perfect for an end of lesson skill activity and can be made into a competition of who can hold it the longest or travel the furthest .

Positioning can be addressed of the swimmers positioning on the wall prior to take off and also the actions/movements their body will take throughout.

You may want to start with the swimmer pushing towards yourself to gain confidence and also the swimmer is encouraged to reach a given point – progressing to a swimmer completing the distance on their own.

This skill development can be advanced further for swimmers by asking them to do a push and glide on both their front and/or back and then progressing to include and securing the following:

• Rotate in the water and return to a safe place
• Continue to the other side by just using their legs with their arms by their side
• Continual to the other side with their arms above their head, retaining the streamline position
• After travelling the given distance the swimmer can break out in to full stroke to complete the width/length.