Go slow!
Start in streamline, then position 11.
Push down to soldier.
Sweep out into airplane.
Clap the back of your hands above your head, returning to 11.
Testable goal:
Standing on the deck flow through the butterfly arms. Do at least 10 while standing with correct form.
Bonus Goals:
- Move the arms with the hip motions too, on land.
- Do it in the water after a streamline.
- Have the hands move in the correct way as arms flow through.
– During recovery thumbs point in same direction as the belly button until the back of the hands clap above the head.
Activities to achieve this goal:
Fly arms review
As hands move under body, hips should push down, or forward to meet them.
As hands swing wide to recover back into position 11, the hips should rise, or push backwards.
3 x SL + no K + 2 FLY strokes
No kicking throughout. Glide on SL first, then at the surface move the arms in the fly motion.
Okay for the recovery, from hips to 11 to push the swimmer backwards.
Thumbs aim down, and should be only part of hand touching water.
Arms do not recover UP, or above the body. Natural to the sides and forward motion.
Challenges to achieve this goal:
Challenges are like games but with less moving parts and quicker.
Challenge:
Stand in water up to your neck. With hands in airplane, underwater, push up into 11 to shove your body to the bottom. Once down, go from 11 -> Soldier pulling water down so you go up.
Challenge –
Push off in Airplane, do 1/2 FLY stroke with 1 kick to get to Flags.
Push off in Airplane
From airplane move into 11 with a single FLY kick
Float until you get to the flags in position 11. If you can.
Final Test:
Standing on deck do 10 slow fly arms with correct motion and hands.
3 x SL + 2 fly arms
In the water do the fly arm motion well.
Thumbs aim down during the recovery. Elbows straight, and hands reach to full 11.