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Eggbeater Formation Travel
A group travels together in a line using eggbeater, keeping spacing and facing the audience – moving between positions in a routine.
- Stages
- Artistic Swimming – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Skills
- Eggbeater, Synchronisation, Artistic Movement
- Equipment
- None
- Age
- 9–99 years
- Group size
- 3–12 swimmers
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- In a lesson
- Skill Development 2, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Deep water competence required; plenty of space in the travel direction.
What it develops
- Swim and hold patterns with spacing
- Synchronise with a partner or group
How to run it
- Group forms a line, upright, facing the teacher.
- Travel sideways together for eight counts using eggbeater, then forward for eight counts.
- Stop and hold the line for eight counts.
- Check the spacing and repeat in the other direction.
Teaching cues
- Face the audience.
- Same speed as your neighbour.
- Even gaps.
Make it easier
- Shorter distance; scull in back layout instead.
Make it harder
- Add an arm movement while travelling.
Common faults
- Line bends as some travel faster.
- Turning to swim.
Corrections
- 'Watch the person in the middle.'
- 'Stay upright – legs do the work.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Stand at the end point of the travel so the group has a target, and count the eights.