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49. Swimming Lessons and Presentations

Deconstruct and Reconstruct

To teach swimming, coaches take novices through the component skills in progressive stages. The first lesson takes place out of the water, at the side of the pool, where the novice learns the arm stroke and the leg stroke separately. Then the novice gets into the shallow end of the pool and practices the arm strokes and leg strokes, still separately, but now with training equipment—flotation devices, kickboards, and the rungs of a pool ladder—to develop the skills further. As the training progresses, the novice puts aside the equipment and swims, first in the shallow end of the ...