Now that your kids are moving in the right direction when they swim, you can start to teach them timing. Why? It’s natural for kids to move in fits and starts when they’re learning the front crawl. Transitioning to a smoother motion is all about timing.
During this stage of learning the freestyle, your child will naturally start to play with the timing of his arm movements in the water. Encourage him to do this.
- What happens if you start moving one arm back while the other arm is pulling back?
- What happens if you start moving one arm back while the other arm is returning to streamline position? (This is what we’re aiming for.)
When you’re teaching your kids to swim, foster an awareness of timing and the different results different approaches to timing yield. Timing makes the difference between a spluttering stroke and one that glides like it’s on rails.