Swimming: practical

Royal Marine recruitment training

Synopsis

This practical swimming lesson is based on a Royal Marine recruit training session and, aside from the poolside safety brief at the beginning of the session, all elements should be taught from the poolside whilst students are in the pool.

MOD Topic

Royal Marine recruitment training

Curriculum Checklist

Understanding that well trained components can positively enhance performance.
Appreciation of health and safety issues in a sporting environment.
Swimming activities and water safety.
Meeting challenges in specific swimming events and water-based activities.
Using advanced techniques and skills with control, power or stamina and technical proficiency.

Curriculum Links

• Citizenship
• Science

Prior Knowledge

Medium level swimming ability.
Confidence in the water.

Learning Outcomes

Lower ability students will:

• Have a basic understanding of the various stages of a training programme structure.
• Have a basic understanding of the need for health and safety in Physical Education.
• Be able to recognise their weaknesses in one of the two strokes - front crawl and breaststroke and have a basic understanding of what they must do to improve their swimming proficiency.
• Understand that the MOD has a duty of care to all of their Service Personnel.

Average ability students will:

• Understand the importance of a training programme structure, including a warm-up, activity and cool-down.
• Recognise the need for health and safety in Physical Education and appreciate the need for risk assessments.
• Evaluate their own technique in the front crawl and breaststroke and attempt to correct their weaknesses and improve their swimming proficiency.
• Understand that the MOD has a duty of care to all of their Service Personnel.

Higher ability students will:

• Fully understand the importance of a training programme structure, including a warm-up, activity and cool-down.
• Fully acknowledge the need for health and safety in Physical Education and have a full appreciation of the need for risk assessments.
• Evaluate and improve their front crawl and breaststroke technique to become a more proficient swimmer.
• Understand that the MOD has to ensure that training exercises are well organised in order to maximise physical benefit to the Marines. The resulting improvement in fitness could be life saving in an operational theatre. This reflects an understanding that the MOD has a duty of care to Service Personnel.

Lesson code

PE1