**Step #3:  Body Dolphin (Head Lead)**
The best way to teach body dolphin from the deck is to have one of your swimmers who can do the skill correctly demonstrate for the learners.   Remind your demonstrator to look at the bottom, keep the hands at the sides, and to do a gentle dolphin motion while completely under water.

Have the swimmers go under and watch… and then immediately try it.

If they need more instruction, have them come out of the water and manipulate their body… like this.

Or, try the butterfly bump. Have the swimmers stand about 4 inches away from a wall, and instruct them to gently press the chest forward, just a few inches, and their bottom will bump the wall.

Return to the straight-up standing position and repeat.

Don’t overdo the press… and don’t tuck and lift the chin.

Now, have the swimmer put on fins, and try the skill again in the water.

I tell them to start the movement from the press of the chest and don’t bend the knees too much. “Dolphins don’t have knees.”

They want to think of going forward.


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Body Dolphin - Head Lead