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Presentation Posture
Practise how to look and hold yourself at the surface – tall, chin level, shoulders back, face expressive – while eggbeating or sculling.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Eggbeater, Body Control, Artistic Movement
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 1–20 swimmers
- Time
- About 4 minutes
- In a lesson
- Skill Development 1, Skill Development 2
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Swimmers who aren't yet comfortable eggbeating can practise at the wall.
What it develops
- Surface presentation
How to run it
- Swimmers eggbeater (or hold the wall) facing the 'audience' – the teacher.
- Practise posture: tall spine, shoulders down, chin level, eyes to the audience.
- Add a simple arm movement with fingers together and wrists soft.
- Partners give one compliment and one tip on presentation.
Teaching cues
- Tall and proud.
- Chin level, eyes up.
- Soft, finished arms.
Make it easier
- Practise holding the wall with one hand.
Make it harder
- Hold the presentation through a spin or formation change.
Common faults
- Looking down at the water.
- Floppy or tense arms.
Corrections
- 'Show the audience your face.'
- 'Arms finish all the way to the fingertips.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Act as the audience and give each swimmer one compliment using the teacher's cue words.