Balancing Act

3/10-3/25/15: Balance, Balance, and More Balance

We're bringing everything into balance on the water, the wall, and the mat.

Swim
Swimmers will learn to keep the body in balance during freestyle and to use an effective pull.  We will work on getting into a back float from a standing position and recovering from a sinking float.  These are great safety skills to add to every swimmers quiver!

• Play with balance while kicking
• Gain independence on back floats
• Recover from a sinking float
• Swimming arms (freestyle)
• Hippo surfing!!
  

Practicing Swimming Arms

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Climb
Climbers will be playing with balance on and off of the wall.  We will learn to flag (using one foot to balance rather than support weight),  and experiment with different positions to utilize sloper holds.

• Identifying and using Sloper holds
• Recognizing and climbing on Slab walls
• Slacklining
• Balanced body position
• Flagging to maintain balance
• Balance beam obstacle course
• Recovering from an off balance move
  

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Yoga
Yogis will learn some tricky yoga poses involving balance and concentration.  We will practice a walking meditation while balancing.

• Balance Labyrinth Meditation
• Breathing from the diaphragm
• Tricky Cat Sequence
• Balance Poses: warrior III, side plank, dancer, eagle, crow

Tricky Cat Sequence