Overall objectives:

Syllabus:

1. Technique and Specific Didactics of Artistic Swimming:

1.1. Characterization of the subject

a) Characterization of the discipline and national and international framework

b) Historical overview of national and international artistic swimming

1.2. NART Basic Techniques

a) Technical rules

i. Competition and ground rules

b) Propulsive techniques, description, applicability and respective success criteria

i. Adaptations of pure sport swimming techniques

ii. Retropedaling

iii. paddles

c) Basic positions and movements ? description and success criteria

d) schemes

1.3. Sports development programs

a) Characterization and framing of NART in the context of the starfish program

i. Program contents

ii. Initial development of program domains

iii. program activities

iv. General regulation of activities

v. Assessment procedures

saw. Program fact sheets

2. Specific Water Polo Technique and Didactics

1) Characterization of the Subject

a) Characterization of the discipline and national and international framework

b) Historical overview of national and international water polo

2) Game Rules

a) Basic rules of the game

b) Evolution of the game and main regulatory changes

3) Specific Technique

a) Forms of Displacement? success criteria and respective evaluation

i. Crol, Costas and Mariposa polo

ii. side swim

iii. Retropedaling

iv. Vertical and Horizontal Base Position

v. heels

b) Ball technique? success criteria and respective evaluation

i. Ball catch and lift

ii. receipt and pass

iii. driving the ball

4) Pre-Sport Games

a) Shapes played? goals and success criteria

i. Rabia

ii. ball slalom

iii. Assault

iv. rugby polo

v. goal to goal

saw. polo basketball

vii. passing game

viii. Victory

ix. mini polo

3. Specific Technique and Didactics of Pure Swimming II

1) Prone Technique

a) Regulatory Conditions

b) body position

i. Lateral and horizontal alignment and most common mistakes

ii. body bearing

iii. Breathing

c) Action of the upper limbs

d) Action of the lower limbs

e) Synchronization upper limbs/lower limbs

f) Synchronization of the upper limbs with the respiratory cycle

2) Butterfly technique

a) Regulatory Conditions

b) body position

i. Lateral and horizontal alignment and most common mistakes

ii. body bearing

iii. Breathing

c) Action of the upper limbs

d) Action of the lower limbs

e) Synchronization upper limbs/limbs

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