SNORKELING Physical Literacy Check List

 Do I have a clear plan for the program?

 Am I modelling movement vocabulary effectively?

 Are my words age and sport appropriate?

 Are my activities developmentally appropriate?

 Am I meeting the needs of participants with varying abilities?  Are my progressions clear and relevant? SNORKELING/SKIN DIVING  Have I planned a Get To Know You (GTKY) activity so the kids can meet new people (each time)? Camp Levels  Are there re-entry tasks to avoid elimination? Foot • Fathom • League • Master *  Warm up and cool down activities have a Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) purpose and Physical Literacy Equipment help improve their skills and Snorkeling Mask • Fins • Snorkel • PFD  Is there a skill/activity planned for those waiting on the side (when there is one-on-one or Snorkeling provides the following small group instruction)? Fundamental Movement physical benefits:  Is there exposure to a variety of activities and Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS)? Skills (FMS) Kick • Over Hand Throw • Balance • Anyone who is comfortable in the  Does the environment allow for maximum participation and practice time? water can snorkel  Is there enough equipment for everyone? Fundamental Sport • Increase appreciation for water life • Low impact  Are the wait times short with few line-ups? Skills (FSS) • Improves fitness and cardiovascular  Am I motivating the kids to achieve personal bests or learn new things? Swimming • Float • Tread Water • Use different strokes while health  Am I building confidence through encouraging self-competition (improving on own skills not snorkeling and in the water. (Each • Improves breathing comparing to others)? movement uses a different set of • Improves joint mobility muscles or puts different levels of • Relieve stress and anxiety  Am I building a positive environment by making eye contact and smiling at the kids? stress on particular muscles. Variety  Am I providing strength based feedback to each child (more than just good job)? of swimming strokes) • Variety of swimming strokes  Have I introduced myself (each time)?

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Specific Language • Practice putting on and taking off equipment on land to become comfortable before progressing to the water. Practice treading water while putting equipment on or taking it off. A diving mask (also half mask, dive mask or scubamask) is an item Mask of diving equipment that allows underwater divers, including • Practice treading water: bicycle or eggbeater legs scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers, to see clearly underwater. • Start with face mask without snorkel. Once comfortable with mask add the snorkel. 1 Finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs and made from rubber, Fins plastic or combinations of these materials, to aid movement 2 through the water in water sports activities. Questions to Promote Learning and Conversations A short curved tube for a swimmer to breathe through while Snorkel keeping the face under water. • How can the fins assist you in moving through the water? • Do you float or sink if you are holding your breath? Now exhale… what happens? 3 Keep the core muscles engaged, keep both shoulders low, the • By changing the way your leg moves in the water (frog kick, eggbeater, dophin kick) what Snorkel Vest bow arm, draw hand and elbow should be aligned. happens to your body as you move through the water?

Find a PFD of appropriate size (does not lift above the bottom of PFD ears). 5 The flutter kick is the most common and involves moving legs up Kicks and down while positioned horizontally in the water. Dolphin kick and Frog kick are also used. Sport for Life Long-Term Athlete Development 6 (LTAD) Model Entries Controlled seated, stride entry and front roll. The LTAD model is an optimal training, competition and recovery schedule for each stage of development. Games and activites in YMCA programs will focus on the FUNdamentals, Learn Hand Signals OK, Stay here, Going down, Going Up and Come here. 7 to Train and Active for Life stages (dependent on age).

Progression and Activities • Freestyle swimming – improve technique and quality kick. • Freestyle arm recovery: Over hand throw – practice speed of throw, force of throw, arm follow through after ball is released on dryland. • Kicking technique requires ankle mobility, leg, and glute and core strength: Practice swimming using just legs, pushing off the wall of the pool, jumping on dryland. Active FUN- Learn to Train to Train to Train to Active for Start damentals Train Train Compete Win Life • Breath control: Practice swimming through hula hoops (weighted on bottom, just touching the surface and on the pool floor). Focus on breathing slow and continuous. Locate weighted objects in a pool or shallow open water. Focus on breathing, using fins and moving below the water surface. STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5 STAGE 6 STAGE 7 Males and Males 6–9 Males 9–12 Males 12–16 Males 16–23+ Males 19+ Enter at • Balance: Static balance – standing on 1 foot; add in a reach over head Females 0–6 Females 6–8 Females 8–12 Females 11–15 Females 15–21+ Females 18+ any age • Practice signals with a partner on dryland before using in the water.

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