Rowan University Health and Physical Education

Lindsey Sampolski

Health and Physical Education

Front Crawl in Pool Lesson Plan

Section A. (Overview)

Background Information - Grade: 7 - # of students: 24 - Length of Lesson: 30 minutes

Rationale - The front crawl in swimming is one of the best stokes because you are able to Have your breathing under control and work all parts of your body without getting tired easily. Swimming incorporates psychomotor, cognitive and affective aspects. Students will be enhancing their cardiovascular and muscular endurance and muscular strength in this stroke. Key terms and points will be a review of how to use your legs, arms and breathing. The emphasis on in the front crawl is when incorporating the timing and technique together in order to make this stoke successful.

Resources and Materials needed - Kickboards Reference/Source - PE Central. 6 November 2006. . - Cone, Stephen. “Lesson Plan.” 6 November 2006. .

Anticipated Difficulties - Do not assume all the students know all the rules and safety guidelines. Make sure rules and safety are strictly enforced to avoid injury. Spend extra time going over rules and safety and allow a time for question and answer.

 Never run around the pool  Do not breathe in while under water.  Make sure you have enough room in between swimmers.  Stay on the right side of the swimming lane.  Don’t go too far under water; try to stay above the surface.

Section C. (Learning Experience) - There will be 6 equal lines of students. The students will first practice the arm stroke while standing in the pool. The arm motion will be taught first, then the breathing. Then they will get in their lines outside the pool. They will then get in the water and Lindsey Sampolski

swim across the width of the pool using that new stroke. When they get to the other side they will climb out and walk around to get back in their line. -The first 2-3 times they will first use the kickboard going across the pool.

Front Crawl The student will do the whole stroke while lying on his stomach.

Pulling: The pull is a semicircle movement from the water level to the chest. Then hand cupping the water. Pushing: The push is the completion of the pull, the swimmers arm is pulled back up to the waters level. The palm is moved backward through the water underneath the body at the beginning and at the side of the body at the end of the push. Recovery: The recovery moves the elbow in a semicircle in the swimming direction. The lower arm and the hand are completely relaxed and hang down from the elbow. The recovering hand moves forward, just above the surface of the water. The elbow must stay higher than the hand the whole time. Breathing: The face is kept down in the water during front crawl. Breathing is done through the mouth by turning the head to the side of a recovering arm at the beginning of the recovery. The head is rotated back at the end of the recovery and points down in the water again. The swimmer breathes out through mouth and nose until the next breath. Legs: They are constantly doing the flutter kick that was taught in the previous lesson.

Possible Adaptations: -The student will start out with the kickboard, and then do the stroke without it.

Culminating Activity The students will do the front crawl across the width of the pool without using the kickboards. They will swim on their own across the pool using the correct motions for the front crawl.