I am a swimmer for the Burlington High School Girls' Swim Team and this year we have been incorporating the use of iPads into our practices. The idea of using iPads during practice was brought to our attention when our coaches discussed what our themes for this year were going to be. Our first theme was unity and we were able to accomplish this through team-building activities such as pasta parties and team sleepovers.
Our other theme was the “science of swimming," a way for each member of the team to develop as swimmers. In order to accomplish this theme split practices were implemented. Every Wednesday practice was split in with one half of the team practicing for the first 45 minutes and the second group practicing for the last 45 minutes of the practice. During the half of practice where swimmers were not in the pool, we use the iPad video cameras to film our strokes so that we could have a visual of what we were doing correctly and what we need to work on. The ipad’s use during practice has overall proved very helpful and has helped everyone to improve. More advanced swimmer’s have been able to perfect their technique and newer swimmer’s have been able to get the basics down.
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