Kiwisport | Swimming Tactics

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LI: To learn different ways to survive and swim in water

In James's group, we learned 4 different ways to swim. Each with a different purpose of survival. The 4 different ways were:

• Streamline kicking
• Freestyle
• Rolling from front to back (6 count)
• Dolphin Dive

Swimming Streamline

To do a swimming streamline, you need to put your hands together and put your arms up above your head. Try not to kick off to start. Kick your legs with your face down in the water and keep your arms straight forward while you kick.

Freestyle
To do freestyle, you have to get into the Swimming streamline position but when in the water, instead of just kicking you need to move your arms slowly in circles while in the water. Make sure to keep your head down in the water and if you need to breathe, push your head to the side enough to get a pathway of oxygen into you.

Rolling from front to back (6 count)
Lay in the water floating on your back and kick. It is optional but you can move your arms like in a freestyle on your back. After counting 6 kicks or seconds, roll to the other side (back side up) and start doing streamline until you reach 6 kicks or seconds then turn. Repeat until you are at your swimming goal.

Dolphin Dive
When in the water, push your body up and down and when you go up, bop up ontop of the water to catch a breath. Swim in the water with your arms straight down your side and after 5 seconds you can catch a breather again until you reach your goal.