Noodles are one of the greatest aquatic inventions, and I would recommend having a lot of them in your tool kit.  They’re incredibly inexpensive and have an unbelievable number of applications.

For teaching backstroke starts, we use something called the Super Noodle – or the Double Noodle – which is two noodles joined together with duct tape to make it into one long noodle.

Drape the Super Noodle over two lane lines…behind the swimmer’s back as they get in the start position.

The noodle encourages the swimmer to get up and out on the start.

We also use the Super Noodle for teaching forward starts -- and make sure you’re in at least six feet of water whenever you practice starts. 

Drape it over the lane lines, and the kids can either jump over it, landing feet first…

…or they can dive over it.  It doesn’t hurt.

You can also turn a Super Noodle into a Super Donut and have the swimmers dive through it.  This works better than diving through a hula hoop because it doesn’t hurt if you hit it.  

It’s great for teaching them how to get a clean entry, diving through one hole in the water.


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Noodles!