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Spinning Scull
Rotate on the spot in a back layout by sculling with one hand pushing towards the head and the other towards the feet – like a slow clock hand.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 9, Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Rotation, Sculling, Body Control
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 1–14 swimmers
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- In a lesson
- Skill Development 1, Skill Development 2
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Plenty of space – swimmers can't easily see around them while spinning.
What it develops
- Sculling in a variety of positions
- Move to counts and rhythm
How to run it
- From a back layout, scull with both hands at the hips.
- Angle the right palm towards the feet and the left palm towards the head; the body begins to rotate.
- Make a full circle slowly, finishing facing the start position.
- Reverse the hand angles to spin the other way.
Teaching cues
- One hand pushes up, one pushes down.
- Head stays in the middle of the circle.
- Slow and smooth.
Make it easier
- Quarter turns only.
Make it harder
- Full circle in a count of eight.
- Spin while holding one bent knee up.
Common faults
- Body travels instead of spinning.
- Hips sink while concentrating.
Corrections
- 'Spin round your head like a clock hand.'
- 'Keep your hips high.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Count eight beats slowly for the full circle and warn any swimmer drifting towards another.