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LESSON IX - part 1
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Preparation for test to be given on last lesson. Correct weak points of each child. Learn standing dive. Endurance swim. Review: Today it is important that you have in mind specific ways to help each child overcome his weaknesses. These will chiefly involve the back stroke and breathing. Review the points of the back stroke in Lesson VI before you start today. Start with the back float, holding each child's head in your hands, then the back glide; review the kick and finning separately, then put the whole stroke together. There will be progress. Perhaps you notice that another child is getting no help from his kick when he swims face down. Have him hold a kick board and kick back and forth across the shallow end, using rotary breathing. If another child has a fairly strong kick but putters around with his arms, not really pulling hard under water, set him to work using arms only. Have a third child practice rotary breathing on the railing and so forth. Divide the groups into Ones and Twos. In glide position, review glide; glide with kick only; glide with arms only; whole stroke on one breath; whole stroke with rotary breathing. "See, it helped to practice your kick; you fairly flew across. Let's see how it is in the deep water." And down they go along the railing, and you climb out. Introduce: Standing Dive: Have the children ascend from the water in the way they have been taught in Lesson VIII. (Since you are on the deck, with your handy pole, it may be necessary to brace yourself and pull a few out. You do this for the ones who can't get out by hook or crook.) For the standing dive, stand with toes hooked over the edge of the pool, feet spread a comfortable distance. The toes are hooked to help in the push-off, and to prevent slipping. When the arms are over the ears, and the thumbs hooked, bend from the waist, and as you bend, one leg (usually the right one), lifts slowly behind you until you lose your balance, and fall in head first. Warning: It is difficult to demonstrate without falling in.
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