Artistic Swimming
'Experience'
Part one of the Artistic Swimming series introduces skills and knowledge to add creativity and give your participants the opportunity to experience some fundamental skills required for artistic swimming.
You will be introduced to a number of artistic swimming skills and will experience a well rounded, beginners experience of artistic swimming.
1. Experience
- Swim 20m of artistic swimming breaststroke with alternating head turns on the pull
- Swim 20m of artistic swimming front crawl
- Perform an oyster
- Perform a log roll
- Swim 15m of an artistic swimming stroke sequence that must include at least two artistic swimming strokes with a clean transition
- Perform a back or front tuck somersault from a layout position
- Swim 15m of Kick Pull Kick Across (KPKA) or Kick Pull Kick Over (KPKO)
- Demonstrate 10m of torpedo scull
- Perform a ballet leg from a back layout position and returning to a back layout with support
- Hold a handstand for 5 seconds with legs together and toes pointed
2. Experience Team Work
- Swim 20m of artistic swimming breaststroke with a partner, in synchronisation with each
other and to counts with alternating head turns on the pull - Demonstrate holding a line formation in a back layout position for ten seconds
- Demonstrate holding a square or rectangle formation in a back layout position for ten
seconds - Demonstrate holding a circle formation in a back layout position with feet touching in
the centre of the circle, for five seconds, then move out to form a star shape and hold for five seconds with feet still touching - Swim 20m of artistic swimming front crawl with a minimum of three participants in synchronisation to counts
- Swim 20m of artistic swimming breaststroke with a minimum of three participants in a line formation and in synchronisation to counts
- Demonstrate a tub position in a circle formation with participants facing out of the circle, splashing feet for a minimum of eight counts
- Perform an oyster cadence to counts in either a line or circle formation
- Perform tub rotations to counts in a circle formation with all participants in synchronisation and turning the same way
- Swim 20m of artistic swimming breaststroke with a minimum of one change of formation
The next in the Artistic Swimming Series is the Explore & Expression Program....
