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Front Layout Glide
Hold a straight front layout with the back of the head, shoulders, bottom and heels at the surface, sculling gently under the chest.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 8
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Front Float, Sculling, Body Positions
- Equipment
- None, Float
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 1–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 4 minutes
- In a lesson
- Skill Development 1, Skill Development 2
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Swimmers breathe whenever needed; no breath-holding counts beyond what is comfortable.
What it develops
- Float and balance in different positions
- Basic body positions
How to run it
- Push off on the front into a straight body line, arms at the sides.
- Hands scull under the chest/hips to keep the heels and bottom at the surface.
- Hold for a count of eight, lift the face to breathe, and repeat.
- Finish with a partner checking the body line from the side.
Teaching cues
- Heels at the surface.
- Long neck, face down.
- Gentle sculling hands.
Make it easier
- Arms extended in front on a float.
Make it harder
- Scull to travel head-first in the front layout.
Common faults
- Legs sink.
- Head lifts and arches the back.
Corrections
- 'Press your chest down, heels up.'
- 'Look at the floor.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Act as the side-on checker for any swimmer without a partner, using 'heels up' or 'good line' only.