UNIVERSITY OF LA SALETTE INC.

SANTIAGO CITY
Physical Education Department
PEHM 021: Practicum in PEHM
A Semi - Detailed Lesson Plan
Swimming Styles
By: Daryl Gaoiran Soliven

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
a. Identify the different basic strokes in Aquatics,
b. appreciate the significance of swimming in their lives; and
c. perform the different strokes in swimming.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Swimming Styles
Materials: Laptop
LCD Projector
Manila Paper
Speaker
III. Procedure:
A. Daily Routine:
Opening Prayer
Classroom management
Checking of Attendance
Brief Review of the Past lesson
B. Motivation:
Pass it and Act it
Mechanics:
1. The students will be divided in to two.
2. The two groups should line up and must be 3 meters away from each
other.
3. There will be one representative from each group that will first read
the message from the middle.
4. The first message will be the action that must be done while passing
the message to the other person. And the second message is the one
that must be written in the Manila paper.
5. The last person should write it in the Manila paper, in order for this
message to be valid the person should raise his or her hand when
he/she is done.

Values Integration: Cooperation and Read the context carefully

before writing it in the Manila paper.
C.
Reference: http://www.livestrong.com/article/552370-strategies-for-swimming-a-
half-mile/
https://www.youtube.com/user/ProSwimwearTube

D. Method: Demonstration Method

IV. Lesson Proper
1. Give a brief discussion, show videos and demonstrate on how the strokes are
being performed under water:
FREESTYLE. The legs perform a kicking action while the arms are alternately brought over
head and into the water.
Turns: Swimmers in crawl stroke and backstroke races may somersault when reaching the
wall, touching it only with feet.
1. Head Position
o Body position in the water is the most important component to swimming
efficiently, and the position of your head dictates the position of the rest of your
body. Look forward, with your hairline cresting the surface of the water in front of
you (if your hairline is receding, then make sure that your forehead is just below
the surface!).
2.Reach Forward
o With each stroke, make sure you are extending your arm to its maximum length.
3. Body Rotation
 Body rotation is somewhat related to reaching forward, in that by pivoting your
body with each stroke, you facilitate your shoulders extending forward at the end
of each stroke. When your right arm is fully extended in front of you (and your left
is about to exit the water behind you for its recovery), your body should be
pivoted right.
4. "Hourglass" Pull
Since the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, the last thing you
want to do when swimming is pull your arm through the water in a straight line.
Instead, practice an S shape (a longer way of completing each stroke), so that if
you were to pull both arms together simultaneously, the resulting path would
resemble an hourglass silhouette (this simultaneous silhouette should also diagram
your butterfly underwater pull).
5. Finish the Stroke
. As your arms complete their underwater hourglass pull, they should fully extend
behind you, by your sides, so that your thumbs graze the side of your thighs below
your suit-line.

BACKSTROKE. The swimmer stays on his or her back and uses an overhand arm motion
and a flutter kick. The swimmer may stay under the water for 15 meters after starting and
turning.

BREASTROKE. Arms move forward from breast at the surface of the water, then pull
backward under the water for propulsion. Simultaneous thrust of the legs is called the frog
kick. The swimmer must touch the wall with both hands.
Turns. Quick are key to good race, the swimmer must touch the wall on each turn.
STEPS:
Step 1: Body position
Keep your body flat and lie facing down in the water with your body kept in line
with the water surface.
Step 2: Arm movement
1. Catch - With arms out straight and palms facing downwards, press down and
out at the same time.
2. Pull - With elbows elevated above hands, pull hard towards your chest. The pull
should have an accelerating hand movement pressing back and downward by
the palm and forearms.
3. Recover - Join both palms together in a prayer like fashion in front of your chest
and push out until your arms are straight again. This position helps reduce drag
when pushing against the water.
Step 3: Breathing Technique
Lift your head and neck above water at the end of the pulling movement for a
breath.
Step 4: Leg Action
Starting with your legs straightened, bend your knees to bring your heel towards
your bottom and make a circular motion outwards with your feet until they return
to the starting position. When your knees are being bent, your feet should be
below the water surface and shoulder width apart.
Step 5: Learn to Glide
After executing the breaststroke kick, your body should be in a streamlined
position with your arms and legs straightened.

BUTTERFLY. It is the most demanding stroke a simultaneous overhand arm motion

combine with a dolphin kick. The swimmer must touch the walls with both hands.
Turns: Swimmer makes an open turn after touching the wall with both hands and pushes
off with feet.
STEPS
Step 1: Body position
Keep your body flat and lie facing down in the water with your body kept in line
with the water surface.
Step 2: Arm movement
Catch - With arms out straight, shoulder width apart and palms facing
downwards, press down and out at the same time with both hands.
Pull - Pull hands towards your body in a semicircular motion with palms facing
outwards, keeping your elbows higher than your hands.
Recovery - Once both hands reach the upper thighs at the end of the pull, sweep
both arms out and over the water simultaneously and throw them forwards into
the starting position. Make sure your palms are facing outwards so your thumbs
enter the water first.
Step 3: Breathing Technique
 The correct time to take a breath is during the start of the recovery phase when the arms
are just starting to come out of the water. Raise your chin above the water whilst looking
straight making sure not to turn to the side.
Step 4: Leg Action
The first kick is a small one to balance your body position after your arms
enter the water
The second kick is a big one, performed during the recovery phase when
your arms are over the water. The big kick is to continue to propel your body
forward as momentum is lost during recovery.
Step 5: Move your body in a wave-like fashion
Be one with the wave. Your whole body should have an undulating S-shape as
you swim. Similar to dancing

V. Generalization

Ask the students on the importance of swimming.

Answer: It is for survival when theres a calamity, or it is also used for competitions
and business to gain money.

VI. Evaluation

Create a simple dance using the different Strokes in Swimming.

CATEGORY 20 points 15 points 10 points

The Body Students use the Students use some Students use only
majority of whole of the body actions few body actions
body actions using using the different using the different
the different Swimming styles. Swimming styles.
Swimming styles.
Time Students have a Students have a Students have a
rhythm or tempo in rhythm or tempo in Rhythm and no
their dance their sequence, but music.
sequence that doesnt match their
matches the music music.
they picked.
Choreography Students use 4 Students use some Students doesnt use
different formations of the different any formation with
with their group formations with their their group.
either following, group either
matching or following, matching
contrasting each or contrasting each
other. other.

VII. Assignment:

Research about the famous swimmers in the Philippines.