aquatics synchro day 3

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UNIT: Synchronized Swimming

Class: Aquatics 20/30

Date: Dec. 5, 2012

Time: 8:45

9:45

Equipment Needed: Nose clips

Topic: Patterns and movement

Teaching Method: Direct

OBJECTIVES:

The students have learned the skills of synchro and will now be putting thesepieces together to create patterns as a team in the water.

OUTCOMES:

Students will develop skills, which will promote lifelong recreational activity.

Students will explain how knowledge about movement patterns and performance

cues learned during the aquatics unit can be transferred to other physical activity

areas (ex. gymnastics).

Students will develop an appreciation of the contribution of aquatics to personal

fitness.

Students will understand and use the vocabulary associated with water-related

activity.

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS:

Be aware of where your body parts are in proximity to others because there will be

feet close to other peoples faces today.


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ACTIVITIES SEQUENCE:

1. Warm-up (8 minutes)2. Motivational set (2 minutes)3. Instruction of summersault (2 minutes)4. Practice of summersault (2 minutes)5. Instruction of patterns (2 minutes)6. Practice of patterns (10 minutes)7. Instruction of group movement (2 minutes)8. Practice of group movement (10 minutes)9. If there is time left over they may get into their groups and work on their

routines.

MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS: The students will be in the water during most of

the instruction so I will be making sure that they are in close while I am talking. To

make sure the students understand some of the movements I will be joining them inthe pool to help them out.

WARM UP: The students have been working on their breathing so today they will

swim as far as they can under water for 2 lengths. Then they will do the breathing in

between strokes in the front crawl. They will do 5 strokes then breath, then 7 on the

way back, then 9 and then 11.

MOTIVATIONAL SET: The synchronize swimmers at the world level use gelatin mix

and put it in there hair so it stays stiff and does not move while they are performing.I will ask the students if they have picked out songs and if they did any research last

night for their performance.

Skill/Concept Explanation Learning

Activities

Teaching Points &

Diagrams

Summersault You will start in the

back layout pose.

From here you will

move into the tub

pose (both knees

towards chest).From here you will

look back into the

water and bring

your feet towards

your head and into

the water.

Each student will

practice each step

of this and do it 4

times correctly

front and back

before we move on

Quick movements

will ensure that

you flip straight

back into your

summersault. Eyes

should be lookingdown into the

water so your body

follows.

Use what we

learned from

diving to transfer


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From the back

layout position you

will lift your legs so

they are in a v

shape and then roll

your body throughto do a front

summersault.

over to synchro.

Patterns There are 4

patterns I will be

teaching the

students.

Star: your heads

will be together in

a back layout with

your hands by your

sides sculling.Reverse star:

your feet will be

together and hands

will be by your

sides sculling.

Side Boat: you will

be in a boat pose

on your side. You

will have your

outside arm behind

touching your legsand the other arm

will be holding on

to the ankle of the

person in front of

you.

Snowflake: this is

similar to the star

but you will be

alternating with

the person next toyou. So if your head

is in the center,

their feet will be in

the center. The

people with their

feet out will spread

I will be showing

the students a

picture of the

pattern I want

them to create and

then they will

practice getting in

and out of these

shapes.

Transitions may be

underwater or

above water.

I have made a

poster that has

pictures of people

doing these shapes

so they will know

what they are

going to look like

before they create

them. For all ofthese shapes it is

important that

they all stay a float.

They need to

remember to look

at the ceiling to

keep their head up

and to keep their

hips pushed high to

stay a float.


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their legs and the

people beside them

will hold onto their

ankles.

Movement Movement as a

group- thestudents will stay

as a group for most

of their routine. It

is important that

they move as a unit

at all times.

Accordion- the

students will hold

hands and link feet.On counts of 8 they

will release and

then squeeze back

together.

To start this off and

get them used tomoving together

they will scull as a

group in one spot

then they will

move forwards or

backwards as I

direct them.

They will go in and

out of the

accordion 5 times

It is very important

that everyone stays

at the surface forthis one. They need

to make sure that

they do not loose

grip of their hands

and feet.

**if there is any time left I will let the students start working on their routines.

CLOSURE/SUMMARY/REVIEW:

We will review what we went over today, we have gone over movement in the waterand formations, why are these important so synchronized swimming? Reminder:

tomorrow will be a work period for the final project and we will be playing

badminton on Friday at TDC.

aquatics synchro day 3

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