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Synchronised Entries
Pairs enter the water together feet-first on a count and surface into the same pose – practising a routine's opening.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 9, Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Jump Entry, Rhythm, Synchronisation
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 2–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- In a lesson
- Introduction / Warm-up, Skill Development 2, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Feet-first entries only, into water deep enough for a jump under your pool's rules; check the entry area is clear.
- Partners enter far enough apart not to land on each other.
What it develops
- Move to counts and rhythm
- Synchronise with a partner or group
How to run it
- Pairs stand side by side at the poolside edge where the water is deep enough for a feet-first jump.
- On a count of '5, 6, 7, 8', both step or jump in feet-first in a pencil shape.
- Surface and move into an agreed pose (e.g. upright with one arm raised) at the same moment.
- Repeat, aiming to land and surface together.
Teaching cues
- Count together.
- Pencil shape, feet first.
- Surface into your pose.
Make it easier
- Sit on the edge and slide in together.
Make it harder
- Trios; or add a simple arm movement on the poolside before entering.
Common faults
- One partner goes early.
- Arms flail on entry.
Corrections
- 'Go on eight, not seven.'
- 'Arms by your sides as you enter.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Check the water in front is clear and give the count from poolside when the teacher signals.