Check list
Objectives
- To know the progressive practices for diving
- To understand the faults and causes and how to correct them
- To be able to apply the above in your lessons
Academy Swimmers Learning To Dive
Build confidence first
Being comfortable under the water at depth
Fetching toys from the bottom of the pool
Pushing off the bottom of the pool ‘like a rocket’
Push and glide in a tight streamlined position on front and back
Swimming through hoops
Jump in from the side:
Different jumps off the side:
Tuck jump
Pencil jump
Star jump
Activities that get the hips higher than the head:
Somersaults
Handstand
Surface dives
Headfirst Dives (illustrations below)
Sitting
Kneeling
Crouching
Standing Dive (Lunge)
Standing Dive (Plunge)
Commands
“Chin on the chest, squeeze your ears”.
“Keep looking down, or you’re going to get a pink face and a pink chest”
Things they must remember:
One hand on top
Arms in streamlined position
Chin on the chest
Eyes looking down
Arms parallel with the water
“Aim over the upside-down T” (REPEAT OFTEN)
Remind them ‘EYES DOWN” or their chin will be off the chest
Problems and fixes
Dividing too deep – want hands level and parallel to the water.
Hands apart – start in streamlined position
Floppy or too shallow – go back to push and glide from the side to practise going deep
Have a noodle to lay on the water to dive over.
Dive Illustrations
Sitting Dive
Kneeling Dive
Crouching Dive
Standing Dive (Plunge)
