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What is "focus on side breathing or arm stroke?"
THE PURPOSE OF CATCH-UP FREESTYLE DRILL
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What is "corkscrew?"
WORD USED TO REFER TO ROLLING FROM BACK TO STOMACH BEFORE SOMERSAULT
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What is "suit, flex, circle, squeeze?"
FOUR WORD SEQUENCE REFERRING TO KICK
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What is "wave motion?"
PRESSING CHEST DOWN BELOW SURFACE, HIPS MOVING UP AND FORWARD REFERS TO THIS TWO WORD PHRASE
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What is "safety?"
THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF TEACHING SWIMMING
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What is "elbow?"
LEAD WITH THIS BODY PART IN THE RECOVERY PHASE
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What is "little finger/pinky?"
BODY PART THAT ENTERS WATER FIRST IN ENTRY
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What is "head up, heels up?"
FOUR WORDS REFERRING TO TIMING OF BREATH AND KICK WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER
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What is "as hands come out of water?"
CORRECT TIMING OF THE SECOND DOLPHIN KICK
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What is "class level assignment or advancement, making predictions of any sort?"
DO NOT DISCUSS THIS WITH PARENTS. REFER THEM TO THE SUPERVISOR.
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What is "10 yards?"
DISTANCE, IN YARDS, OF STEP 2 OF FREESTYLE STREAMLINE PUSH-OFF DRILL
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What is "small, fast?"
TWO WORDS, USED TOGETHER, THAT DESCRIBE THE DESIRED FLUTTER KICKING MOTION
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What is "tightly?"
WORD REFERRING TO WAY ARMS ARE PULLED AGAINST SIDE OF BODY
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What is "simultaneous?"
ONE KEY WORD THAT IS INCLUDED IN ALL THREE USA SWIMMING BUTTERFLY RULES
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What is "timeout?"
THE SECOND STEP OF THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS
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What is "touch the wall at the end of each length?"
THE ONE USA SWIMMING FREESTYLE RULE
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What is "in the direction of the last backstroke arm stroke?"
ROLL THE BODY TOWARDS THIS WHEN GETTING ON STOMACH
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What is "one arm stroke and one leg kick in that order?"
THE CORRECT STROKE CYCLE
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What is "focus on timing?"
PURPOSE OF 2 RIGHT, 2 LEFT, 2 BOTH ARM BUTTERFLY DRILL
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What is "in slow motion, then at normal speed?"
DEMONSTRATE SKILLS FIRST LIKE THIS, AND THEN LIKE THIS
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What is "press?"
WORD THAT STARTS WITH "P," REFERRING TO PROPULSIVE MOTION OF ANY ARM STROKE
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What is "regular backstroke?"
SWITCH TO THIS AFTER PASSING FLAGS DURING 1-ARM BACKSTROKE DRILL
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What is "pull, breathe, kick, stretch, glide, kick, glide?"
SEVEN WORD SEQUENCE REFERRING TO DOUBLE-KICK BREASTSTROKE
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What is "snap?"
ONE WORD DESCRIBING HOW THE FEET ARE DRIVEN DOWNWARDS IN DOLPHIN KICK
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What is "short, simple, and specific?"
THREE WORDS, EACH STARTING WITH "S," THAT REFER TO IDEAL FEEDBACK
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