Fundamental Front Crawl Swim Scoring Rubric # |
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Exhibits any of the following:
Distance
- Swims less than 3 yards
- Achieves distance primarily due to a push-off or a jump
Body
- Swims mostly on back, on side, or under the surface
- Keeps trunk angle, from shoulders to hips, more than 45 degrees
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2
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Performs all of the following:
Distance
- Swims mostly on front for at least 3 yards
Body
- Keeps shoulders at or near the surface with trunk angled 45 degrees or less
Arms/Legs
- Uses alternating arm and/or alternating leg movements
Exhibits any of the following:
Body
- Keeps trunk angle, from shoulders to hips, more than 30 degrees
Arms/Stroke
- Does not use alternating arm movements
- Does not start stroke cycle with hand overhead
- Finishes stroke cycle before hand reaches chest level
Legs/Kick
- Does not use alternating leg movements
- Does not move legs up and down
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3
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Performs all of the following:
Distance
- Swims mostly on front for at least 5 yards
Body
- Keeps shoulders at or near the surface with trunk angled 30 degrees or less
Arms/Stroke
- Uses mostly alternating arm movements
- Starts stroke cycle with hand overhead
- Finishes stroke cycle with hand at or past chest level
- Returns hand to overhead position
Legs/Kick
- Uses mostly alternating up and down leg movements
Exhibits any of the following:
Body
- Rotates shoulders or hips past vertical to breathe
Arms/Stroke
- Does not start stroke cycle with hand at or just under the surface
- Does not press palm back toward feet
- Finishes stroke cycle before hand is near or past hip level
Legs/Kick
- Moves knee under or in front of hip during kick cycles; such as a bicycle kick
- Does not finish downward leg movements with knee mostly straight
- Does not finish upward leg movements with foot near the surface
Breathing/Timing
- Does not breathe or halts forward travel to breathe
- Does not use arms and legs at the same time
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4
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Performs all of the following:
Distance
- Swims on front for 10 yards
Body
- Keeps shoulders at or near the surface with trunk angled 30 degrees or less
- Keeps shoulders or hips from rotating past vertical while breathing
Arms/Stroke
- Uses alternating arm movements
- Starts stroke cycle with hand overhead at or just under the surface
- Presses palm back toward feet
- Finishes stroke cycle with hand near or past hip level
- Returns hand to overhead position
Legs/Kick
- Uses alternating up and down leg movements
- Keeps knee behind hip throughout kick cycles
- Finishes downward leg movements with knee mostly straight
- Finishes upward leg movements with foot near the surface
Breathing/Timing
- Breathes without halting forward travel
- Performs arm strokes and kicks at the same time
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