1. Introduction to the Unit
3.2 Analyse This

2. Pre Task 1 – Gathering Thoughts
Refer students to the assessment criteria for excellence.
This asks you to critically examine the role of biomechanical analysis as a means to performance improvement.

3. Consider the following:
What are your thoughts and ideas about biomechanical analysis?
Who/what do you think biomechanical analysis is best suited to/for?
Is biomechanical analysis relevant to you? Why/why not?
Have you ever completed a biomechanical analysis before? If yes, what? When? Why? How? Positive? Negative? Interesting things that came up?
Who/what has influenced your ideas/thoughts on biomechanical analysis? In what ways? (For example, coaches, media, school.)
What do you think the potential consequences/implications of these influences are on you?
Get students to work through questions and develop their responses.
Pair/Share

4. Pre Task 2 – Gathering Data

5. What do you need to carry out analysis?
Evidence
Where are your videos?
Are they good enough?
Knowledge of Technique
model performance criteria
+ Anatomical knowledge
+ Biomechanical knowledge

6. Knowledge of Technique
Technique Analysis:
What do you know about swimming techniques?
Researching – gathering, reading, observing, identifying
Presentation of research:
Observation schedule
Swimming strokes breakdown:
Body position/core
Legs
Arms (Entry, catch, pull, push, recovery)
Breathing
Timing
Give out hand outs on freestyle, breastroke, backstroke.

7. Student Task
Using the handouts on the freestyle stroke, develop a detailed breakdown of the model performer.
You must consider each part of the swimmer and swimming stroke to create a checklist.