Abingdon Preparatory School

 

Swimming Spring Term

Year 8S

Breastroke - types of kick . Assessment. Butterfly - kick, arms, starts and turns. Assessment

Year 8

Breastroke - types of kick . Assessment. Butterfly - kick, arms, starts and turns. Assessment

Year 7

Backstroke - starts, legs, arms. Assessment. Butterfly - arms and legs. Water polo - dribbling and passing - forward and backward.

Year 6

Sculling technique. Explore ways to float and uphold vertical position. Survival challenges. ASA water certificates for water survival. Diving competition.

Year 5

Breastroke - starts and turns. Variations on the stroke. Butterfly - introduce and develop. Medley relays involving all four strokes.

Year 4

Front crawl/back crawl relays.Types of supine floating. Breastroke - breathing and timing. Sustained swimming. Shallow dives into breastroke.

Year 3

Recap front and back crawl. Continuous relays. Racing dives - front and back. Underwater swimming. Recap breastroke - legs and arms. Full stroke.

Year 2

Floating on back - back stroke leg action. Starts and turns - backstroke. Sitting and crouch dives. Methods of entering the water. Swimming underwater - collecting objects.

Year 1

Recap floating. Supine and prone. Moving backwards - with a float push and glide. Introduce backstroke. Sitting and crouch dives. Fun activities and relays.

   

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