2. Buoyancy
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Demonstrate breathing effect on buoyancy. |
Introduction
Brief (SEEDS)
E - Explain what, why, how long, where. Explain fin pivots
and hovers + lungs and BC.
E - Full kit.
S - Come up slowly in case of difficulty. clear ears, clear
mask squeeze.
D - Keep close, pay attention, look carefully and repeat when
prompted.
S - 'Up', 'down', 'you watch me', 'you repeat’, ‘you repeat', ‘tiny
amount’.
Questions
Kit UP
Demonstrate, work in buddy pairs.
Buddy Check (BAR)
In buddy pairs.
Entry
Demonstrate, mimic and correct.
Teaching subject (good positioning, demonstrate, mimic and correct)
Shallow
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- Demonstrate fin pivot, show chest expansion and rise - Students
repeat.
- Demonstrate kneeling position, rise just off the bottom - Students
repeat.
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Deep |
- Repeat 1-2.
- Repeat 2 rising to mid water.
- Repeat 2 rising to near surface.
- Demonstrate forward rolls, maintaining depth - Students repeat.
- Demonstrate backward rolls, maintaining depth - Students repeat.
- Demonstrate hovering 1m off the floor horizontally - Students
repeat.
- Students practice swimming around the pool (shallow and deep)
neither breaking the surface nor touching the floor.
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Exit
De-Kit
Debrief (REAP)
R - Review - key points.
E - Encourage.
A - Assess - give constructive feedback.
P - Progression - link to next session.
Questions
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