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FREESTYLE


Content
  • OVERVIEW
  • FREESTYLE is not an actual stroke
  • FREESTYLE FUN FACT
  • GRADE 7 Freestyle Development
  • Description
  • Freestyle Streamline Test
  • Grade 7 Drills
  • No-Breath Drills
  • Swordfish~Swordfish Glide - Spearfishing
  • No-Breath Sticky Big Arms - Best way to teach arm rotation
  • Advanced Rotation Flutter Kick Drills
  • Flutter Kick with Breathing Drills
  • "Blowfish" in a bowl
  • GRADE 7 DRILLS WITH POWER GLOVES
  • The Case Against KickBoards - The Benefit of Using "Power Gloves"
  • Head-up or Head Down Flutter Kick ~ “Power Gloves” vs Kick Boards
  • SUPPLEMENT: Head-up or Head Down Flutter Kick ~ “Power Gloves” vs Kick Boards
  • QUICK-BREATH FLUTTER KICK DRILLS - Front & L-Warrior Breath Recovery w/Gloves YT
  • WHY USE FINS?
  • VERTICAL FLUTTER KICK with "Power Gloves"
  • L-WARRIOR & QUICK BREATHING with one "Power Glove" and waist belt
  • SUPPLEMENT: L-WARRIOR & QUICK BREATHING with one "Power Glove" and waist belt
  • ALTERNATE L-WARRIOR QUICK-BREATHING with two "Power Gloves"
  • GRADE 7 FREESTYLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Description
  • "Flip Flop Freestyle"
  • Lesson Example & further explanation
  • GRADE 8 FREESTYLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Description
  • Straight Arm Recovery
  • "Rock & Roll" Drill
  • Small Ring "Rock & Roll"
  • "Single Tag Stroke" Drill
  • Freestyle & Backstroke Back Combined, taught from the deck
  • "Double Tag Stroke"
  • "Single Switch Freestyle" Drill
  • ADDING ARM STROKES
  • The 4 CORE LONG WARRIOR FREESTYLE DRILLS
  • Segmented, Long Breath FREE to Quick Breath FREE with Power Gloves
  • ONE-ARM TAG STROKE with a Power Glove & ALTERNATE TAG STROKE without a Glove.
  • L-Warrior ROCK & ROLL with one "Power Glove"
  • ALTERNATE L-WARRIOR QUICK-BREATHING & ROCK & ROLL w/two fading to oe Power Glove
  • SINGLE-SWITCH (6 kick switch) and TRIPLE-SWITCH (6 kicks, 3 pulls)
  • GRADE 8 / PRECOMP 1 FREESTYLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Descriptiion
  • BALANCED BREATHING
  • "Touch Stroke" or "Catch-Up Stroke"
  • GRADE 9 & 10 / PRECOMP 2 & 3 FREESTYLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Description
  • Begin Minimizing Breaths
  • Full Length No-Breather
  • Alternate Breathing (every stroke) Touch Stroke FREESTYLE
  • Center Snorkel Swimming
  • 1-ARM TOUCH STROKE with/without Power Glove
  • SUPPLEMENT: 1-ARM TOUCH STROKE with / without Power Glove
  • Swordfish or Catch-Up Freestyle Drill
  • Swimmer-Snorkel No-Breath Freestyle
  • Swimmer-Snorkel No-Breath Freestyle
  • Learning the Underwater Dolphin Push-Off for Freestyle
  • Begin Flip Turns
  • GRADE 11, PRECOMP 4 FREESTYLE
  • Description
  • GRADE 12, PRECOMP 5 FREESTYLE
  • Elite Competitive Freestyle
  • FREESTYLE WHOLE PROGRESSION
  • FREESTYLE Grade 7-8 Warrior Drills Lesson Plan
  • Warrior Freestyle Lesson Plan - High Arms, Sticky Arms, Switch Arms
  • Freestyle Drills to learn basic Freestyle
  • SUPPLEMENT: Warrior Freestyle Lesson Plan - High Arms, Sticky Arms, Switch Arms
  • Section 12
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed