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Choreography Cards
Groups draw picture cards of moves and formations to build a mini routine on the spot – creative, fun consolidation.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Transitions, Synchronisation, Artistic Movement
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 3–20 swimmers
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- In a lesson
- Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Cards kept away from the edge in a waterproof sleeve; groups well spaced.
What it develops
- Perform a short sequence
- Create simple choreography
How to run it
- Prepare waterproof cards showing moves (layout, tuck, spin, roll, arm shape) and formations (line, circle, pairs).
- Each group draws three move cards and one formation card.
- They have a few minutes to turn them into a short routine to counts.
- Groups perform for each other and give positive feedback.
Teaching cues
- Plan, practise, perform.
- Use the counts.
- Support each other.
Make it easier
- Two move cards and no formation card.
Make it harder
- Add music through a poolside speaker.
Common faults
- Spending all the time planning and not practising.
Corrections
- 'Try it in the water – then change it.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Hand out the cards, keep time for planning and practice, and supervise one group's practice area.