Teaching swimming and water Safety with elements of Aqua Yoga and Watsu. The Australian and Sylwia Way.

Timetable

Tuesday 11:00-12:30

Wednesday 11:00-12:30

 

Module aim (aims)

• Buoyancy on the front, back and side without stress, being familiar with water environment.
• Knowing basics how to swim in the shallow and deep water.
• Save diving skills using flippers in deep and shallow water.
• The survival swimming e.g.: sidestroke, survival backstroke, sculling.
• Swimming ability to know how to survive in the water panic.

 

• Efficient three strokes development such us: backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke.
• Aqua yoga as a part of water familiarization.
• Watsu – to know how to make relaxation in the water with calm music.
• Modified Water Polo games in shallow water.
• Safe jumping in to the water.
• Because, know how to swim, students can do other water sports such us for instance: kitesurfing, canoeing, scuba diving, snorkeling etc.
• Basic corrective swimming by using some chosen exercises

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

• To get the background of the familiarization in the water world.
• Understand/gather an overview of AUTSWIM and aquatic industry how to swim safety in the water.
• Socialization within the group.
• Well-being connected with both a good body shape and mind set.
• Ability to be open for build positive atmosphere during swim classes.
• Peers sharing by knowledge.
• Empathy and being alert for other students in water environment.

Syllabus

• Basics of swimming: flotation (buoyancy) on back, breast, side by yourself and second person. Plus “Watsu” with calm music during exercising in pair-waise among the students.
• Breathing activities in the water.
• Glid/torpedo position – lock hands, lock head, steer up. This is absolutely basic position to learn how to swim in appropriate styles.
• Repetition floating on back and teaching principles of backstroke e.g.: instructional film-lecture with appropriate technique of swimming.
• Backstroke: body position, leg action, arm action (pop in, pop out), head position.
• Mixed combination by two strokes: legs kicking and breaststroke arms action, plus breathing.
• Freestyle: body position, leg action, arm action, head position connected with breath in and breath out during arms action.
• On purpose apply teaching some exercises from corrective swimming how to fix faulty posture.
• Survival swimming in deep water: sidestroke, backstroke, sculling.
• Aqua yoga, using some elements as a part of warming up and cool down.
• Water polo games modification in shallow water for have a fun.

 

Reading list

• Teaching swimming and Water Safety. The Australian Way. Autswim educators in aquatics. 3^rd
• Aqua Yoga. Francoise Barbira Freedman with forewords by Michel Odent and Dianne Garland.
• Pływanie. Wybrane zagadnienia z pływania, piłki wodnej, skoków do wody, pływania synchronicznego i ratownictwa wodnego. Jerzy Ciereszko, Elżbieta Grądcka.
• Korekcja wad postawy. Pływanie i ćwiczenia w wodzie. Sławomir Owczarek.
• watsu.org.pl