Are you looking for swimming lesson plans for beginners? Look no further. Here I give you some sample lesson plans that cover everything from getting used to the water, confidence building, floating and gliding to swimming basic front crawl.
They are written for children, but can be used across a wide range of age groups.
These swimming lesson plans for beginners are taken from my best-selling book '101 Swiming Lesson Plans For Swimming Teachers'.
Starting from first entering the pool, my swim lesson plans for beginners work through the basics of moving through the water, floating, submerging and breathing. All of which build confidence in beginners learning how to swim.
Building water confidence in beginners is essential to making progress, and confidence-building can be broken down into these key areas and are all included in my swim lesson plans for beginners:
The first sample swimming lesson plan below aims to get the beginner used to the water. This will be one of the first swimming lessons that a swimming teacher will teach a complete beginner.
Aim: to get used to wetting the face and moving around in the water
Equipment: buoyancy aids, floating toys and watering cans
Exercise/Activity
Entry: swivel or steps entry
Holding the poolside, bouncing up and down
1 . Walking to collect a toy and return it
2. Jumping through the water to collect a toy
3. Splashing water into the air
4. Pretending to wash the face
5. Blowing a toy across the water surface
6. blowing bubbles at the water surface
Contrasting activity:
Washing hair with a watering can
Holding the poolside and kicking the legs
using the pool steps
Teaching Point
slowly at first
catch the water
wet your hands and wet your face
deep breath and blow
close your eyes
splash your feet
The full lesson plan including timings is in the image below.
For a full set of 101 swimming lesson plans, click here.
The next sample swimming lesson plan for beginners below, aims to develop confidence by introducing breathing and submerging.
Aim: develop confidence by introducing breathing and submerging
Equipment: buoyancy aids, floating toys and sinkers
Exercise/Activity
Entry: swivel or steps entry
Holding the poolside and kicking the legs
1 . Holding the poolside blowing bubbles
2. Cupping water in the hands and pretending to wash the face
3. Breath holding and submerging the mouth and nose
4. kicking legs and blowing bubbles (holding the poolside, assisted or with buoyancy aids)
5. Kicking with buoyancy aids to collect a toy (with assistance)
6. kicking and blowing a toy across the water surface
Contrasting activity:
Assisted sitting dive, face up (with buoyancy aids and/or assistance from teacher or assistant)
Submerging to collect an object
using the pool steps
Teaching Point
slash your feet
deep breath and hold it all in
kick and blow gently
lay your chin on the water
The full lesson plan including timings is in the image below.
For a full set of 101 swimming lesson plans, click here.
The next sample lesson plan for beginners aims to learn the basic movements needed to swim front paddle.
Aim: to learn the basic movements needed for front paddle
Equipment: buoyancy aids and sinkers
Exercise/Activity
Entry: swivel or steps entry
2 widths with buoyancy aids (assisted if necessary)
1 . Push and glide with a woggle
2. Sitting on the poolsdie edge kicking
3. Kicking using a float under each arm
4. standing on the poolside practicing arm movements
5. walking through the water using arm actions
6. walking through the water using arm and blowing bubbles
Contrasting activity:
Supine star float
Submerging to collect a toy or object
using the pool steps
Teaching Point
slash your feet
push off like a rocket
point your toes
blow gently as you pull
relax and stretch out
deep breath and stretch down
The full lesson plan including timings is in the image below.
For a full set of 101 swimming lesson plans, click here.
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