Eggbeater on the Wall
Learn the eggbeater leg action holding the pool wall: knees wide, lower legs circling one after the other like an old-fashioned whisk.
- Stages
- Water Polo – Stage 8, Artistic Swimming – Stage 8
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Treading Water, Eggbeater
- Equipment
- None, Noodle
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 1–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- In a lesson
- Introduction / Warm-up, Skill Development 1, Skill Development 2
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Deep water at the wall; swimmers must be able to get to the side independently.
What it develops
- Tread water and start an eggbeater-style kick
- Standard and support sculls
How to run it
- Swimmers hold the wall in deep water with both hands, sitting upright as if on a chair.
- Knees apart and roughly level with the hips; lower legs circle outward one at a time, alternating left and right.
- Count circles: 'left, right, left, right' at a steady pace.
- Try letting go with one hand for five seconds, then both.
Teaching cues
- Sit in a chair.
- Knees wide, feet circle.
- One leg, then the other.
- Slow and steady.
Make it easier
- Practise one leg at a time sitting on the poolside with feet in the water.
- Use a noodle under the arms.
Make it harder
- Let go for longer and scull with the hands.
- Lift one hand out of the water.
Common faults
- Both legs circle together like breaststroke.
- Knees close together.
- Kicking too fast.
Corrections
- 'Take turns – left then right.'
- 'Knees out to the sides.'
- 'Slow whisk, not fast.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Sit on poolside beside two swimmers, demonstrating the leg circles with your feet in the water as the teacher explains.