Pool Training - Key Points

 

 

General

  • Must be safe, control and safety at all times
  • Start from known base
  • Make the lessons visual
  • Use participation
  • Arrange lessons in progressive steps
  • Demonstrate and mimic
  • Emphasise (exaggerate) signals and actions
  • Fault, Analysis and Correction (FAC)
  • Avoid distractions, get students to face wall or corner
  • Repeat demonstrations when using a Student as model so your first model can learn
  • Use careful positioning and proximity control
  • Instructor first in water and last out
  • Allow time for Questions
  • Praise good effort

Entries

  • Steps
  • Stride
  • Forward Roll
  • Backward Roll
  • Poolside

Exits

  • Shallow water via steps
  • Deep water via steps
  • Poolside
  • Small Boat Exit

 

 

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