Eggbeater High Five
Pairs eggbeater face to face and rise up to give each other high fives on the call – fun repetitions of the lift used for passing and shooting.
- Stages
- Water Polo – Stage 9, Water Polo – Stage 10, Artistic Swimming – Stage 9
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Treading Water, Eggbeater
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 2–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 4 minutes
- In a lesson
- Introduction / Warm-up, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Pairs keep an arm's length apart to avoid head clashes; deep water competence required.
What it develops
- Eggbeater to stay high and stable
- Keep technique going in short games
- Move to counts and rhythm
How to run it
- Pairs face each other in deep water about an arm's length apart.
- Both eggbeater at a relaxed height.
- On 'high five', both kick up and clap one hand above the water, then settle.
- Count how many clean high fives the pair can do in 30 seconds with good height.
Teaching cues
- Kick up, not lean in.
- One hand up, one sculling.
- Settle between lifts.
Make it easier
- Low fives at water level.
Make it harder
- Double high five (both hands).
- Move sideways together while lifting.
Common faults
- Leaning forward and bumping heads.
- Losing rhythm after each lift.
Corrections
- 'Rise straight up like a lift.'
- 'Keep your legs going after the clap.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Count high fives for one pair and partner any swimmer left without a pair, staying on poolside if you are not in the water.