We shall be moving on to a
rather advanced swimming skill .... picking up toys with the face in or the
head under the water. This new skill has many progressions. Each progression is
a short term goal which requires lots of repetitive practices to achieve the
short term goals and self confidence of being under the water. There are
wonderful little ‘games’, ‘routines’ and challenges that we can learn/teach.
One-on-one or within a group our learned skill is an individual ability
The value of our ability, the
proficiency of our ‘breath in’ our ‘bubble blowing’ skills requires that we be
sure of and honest with ourselves of our boundaries for safety in the water
We have learned to blow bubbles
onto the surface of the water, out of the mouth then out of the nose then
slowly progressed to blowing out with the face in the water, then out through
the nose with the face in the water. With these skill achievements we are able
to push the whole head under the water with confidence. Through so much
practice we too have learned to enjoy being under the water
We discovered that with
each progression, with each attempt ....first on the surface, then submerging
the mouth then the nose then the face then the whole head, that the deeper we
push the face and head into the water the greater the resistance. We
learn/teach to ‘push’ the face and head against this water resistance which,
through repetition, becomes familiar and easy
We learn to hold our head
still in deeper water. When our eyes are open we can see how deep we are
pushing our head under the water, become aware of the sensations that we feel,
the sounds under water which cause us to ‘think’ ....
Each and every practice
requires that before we ‘blow bubbles’ we are clearly heard to say to count
(slowly and rhythmically) and one and two and three open wide big breath, blow ‘moo’
bubbles ....
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We have practiced
lifting the head up to take a breath to then put the face into the water to ‘blow
bubbles’ – practice over and over a few times (this breathing technique is used
in the breaststroke and butterfly stroke)
Other suggested practices ....
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Put the ear in
the water, ‘big breath’ in, ‘blow bubbles’ as we roll the neck and head from
the ear to the cheek to the mouth the nose and eyes the other cheek to the
other ear
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Repeat this
practice which is the breathing technique used in unilateral or bilateral
breathing for crawl/freestyle or sometimes, butterfly stroke
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A challenging ‘game’
is to scream or sing or talk under the water to test our power of ‘explosive exhalation’.
We do not teach the obvious. Focus is on the game which requires a deep breath
in to be able to scream or sing or talk
© Use the voice to practice blowing bubbles out of the mouth and nose at the same time
© Use the voice to practice blowing bubbles out of the mouth and nose at the same time
When we reach these ‘goals’
we are surely ready for the next challenging and fun skill which we learn/teach
in Module 9 of 16 tutored in post 40 ....
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