Sunday, July 26, 2009

2 lines in 2 seconds

I wanted to get the kids streamlining faster through the flags so I decided to give them a time-limit and a distance. I thought 3 seconds would be a good goal to get to the 3rd black line at the bottom of the pool. GOOD IDEA!....Not really. The first time the Gold group did this was a bit of a disaster and I ended up being the big grump on the pool deck that day. 20x25 on 30 seconds in IM order didn't really allow for the kids to catch their breathe in time to pull off a full 20 repeats of high intensity streamlining. So, lesson learned. Next time, I tried it with my Blue group but brought it down to 2 in 2. It really worked well with the Blue kids this time. They were getting past the flags and faster than normal.
So, if you are looking to get your kids past the flags and want to try something new, add this to your tool box and see what kind of results you get. Time-limit + Distance = Faster streamlining. Just make sure it is a reasonable distance and time and they get enough time to catch their tiny little breaths.

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