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Swim the Rainbow - Manual for Instructorshelping children with disability learn to swim June 2016

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Visual AidsPart 3

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PrefaceAbout these Visual Aids

These visual aids are intended as a reference for Rainbow Club parents and instructors of our Swim the Rainbow program.

• For parents, it should offer some explanation for the activities that may be included in their child’s lesson.

• For instructors, it offers some suggestions to assist the children on how to achieve the goals of each level.

It is not possible to provide pictorial direction for every skill, and it is well accepted that there are many different ways to achieve the same end.

Rainbow Club is very grateful to AUSTSWIM for permission to reproduce photographs from its training courses in this manual.

Visual aids are most useful to Rainbow Club instructors when teaching children with communication disabilities.

(Refer: Teaching Swimming and Water Safety Manual; Teaching Aquatics

– Access and Inclusion; PreSchool and Infant Aquatics).


1 Safe entry

FOCUS! • Maintain safety at all times• Encourage independence

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Water Confidence


2 Crab Crawl

FOCUS! • Encourage independence• Moving in the water

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Water Confidence


3 Blowing Bubbles

FOCUS! • Familiarity with water on the face• Make it fun

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Water Confidence


4 Floating on back, assisted

FOCUS! • Gain trust• Encourage relaxation

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Water Confidence


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Water Confidence

5 Kicking

FOCUS! • Arm and leg movements• Moving about in the water


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Water Confidence

6 Assisted fall-in-and-save technique (Humpy Dumpty)

FOCUS! • Important safety skill• Introductory recovery technique


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Safety Basics

1 Submerging Face

FOCUS! • Confidence with water on the face• In breath before submersion


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Safety Basics

2 Floating on front and back, assisted

FOCUS! • Gain confidence with floating• Encourage standing after float


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Safety Basics

3 Dog paddle, assisted

FOCUS! • Co-ordinated arm and leg movements• Encourage bubble breathing


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Safety Basics

4 Treading water, assisted

FOCUS! • Important safety skill• Build independence in the water


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Safety Basics

5 Kicking with board

FOCUS! • Build leg and arm strength• Learning to push in the water


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Resistance and Buoyancy

1 Takes instructions

FOCUS! • Listen to and understand instructions• Demonstrations and instructions


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2 Independent recovery and control

FOCUS! • Develop body control• Explore water resistance


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3 Floating on back, front and flip

FOCUS! • Confident body control• Explore different transitions


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4 Submerging and bubbles, assisted

FOCUS! • Confident submerging• Eyes open and bubbles under water


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5 Sculling, assisted

FOCUS! • Hand movement skills• Practice moving the water


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6 Confident vertical and horizontal

FOCUS! • Important survival skill• Confidence changing body position


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Towards Independence

1 Interaction with other children

FOCUS! • Familiarity with other children• Develop fair play


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2 Confident body control in and under water

FOCUS! • Build stability and balance• Develop different scenarios and skills


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3 Independent floating

FOCUS! • Encourage comfortable floating• Develop independence


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4 Backstroke survival skills

FOCUS! • Movements on the back• Propulsion in the water


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5 Assisted streamlines

FOCUS! • Efficient body position• Exploring propulsion


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6 Independent kicking

FOCUS! • Functional leg and foot movement• Relaxed and fluid movement


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Transition to Swim Strokes

1 Sustained flutter kicking 5m (front and back)

FOCUS! • Sustained kicking• Develop strength and stamina


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2 Sustained streamlines

FOCUS! • Important technique• Build confidence in all positions


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3 Freestyle arms

FOCUS! • Shoulder rotation and arm motion• Integrated arms


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4 Breaststroke arms

FOCUS! • Push-pull arm movement• Simultaneous movement


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5 Backstroke arms

FOCUS! • Alternate arm movement• Backwards swing-pull movement


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Swimming Safely

1 Side breathing with freestyle arms

FOCUS! • Co-ordinated breath and arm movement• Relaxed integrated technique


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Swimming Safely

2 Breaststroke kick

FOCUS! • Co-ordinated simultaneous leg movement• Propulsion through water


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Swimming Safely

3 Freestyle 15m

FOCUS! • Co-ordinated breath and stroke• Gradual distance progression

Remember

Build up the distance gradually.

Short good practice is a better learning

experience.


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Swimming Safely

4 Backstroke 15m


Remember



experience.


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Swimming Safely

5 Breaststroke 15m


Remember



experience.


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Swimming Safely

6 Survival Backstroke


Remember



experience.


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Swim the Rainbow

1 Side stroke

FOCUS! • Complicated movement• Survival stroke


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Swim the Rainbow

2 Dolphin kicking

FOCUS! • Co-ordinated hip and leg propulsion• Undulating movement


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Swim the Rainbow

3 Butterfly 15m

FOCUS! • Complicated movement• Build strength and stamina

Remember



experience.


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Swim the Rainbow

4 Freestyle 25m

Remember



experience.

5 Backstroke 15m

6 Breaststroke 25m

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