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Scull Switch
Change between sculls on the teacher's call – stationary, head-first, feet-first, spinning – without losing the back layout.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 9, Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Sculling, Body Control, Transitions
- Equipment
- None
- 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, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Space swimmers so travelling sculls don't cause collisions.
What it develops
- Sculling in a variety of positions
- Smooth transitions between positions
- Perform a short sequence
How to run it
- Swimmers hold a back layout with a support scull.
- Teacher calls: 'stay', 'head', 'feet' or 'spin'.
- Swimmers change the hand angle to match, keeping the body position.
- Calls get quicker as swimmers improve.
Teaching cues
- Only your wrists change.
- Body stays still and long.
- React smoothly.
Make it easier
- Only 'stay' and 'head'.
Make it harder
- Partner pairs must change together on the call.
- Add 'tuck' and 'layout' calls.
Common faults
- Body bends when the scull changes.
- Big arm movements.
Corrections
- 'Tiny wrist change.'
- 'Hold your shape, change your hands.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Repeat the teacher's calls from the other side of the pool so everyone hears them.