The most important skill for the clients to
learn is how to manage and move the board
with an open palm
or less allows the movements to be quick
enough to raise heart rate, while still making
it achievable for most clients to perform.
Torso training
Interestingly, most participants will feel the
exercises most in their torso when using
the kick board. In fact, it is recommended
to encourage participants to exercise in
shallower water, as the buoyant properties
of the kick board will make it difficult for
participants to keep their feet on the bottom
of the pool to stay stable while the upper
body muscles work against the resistance of
the board. Stabilising the board’s movement
through the water and maintaining control,
means that the torso muscles are working
consistently against a resistance that is
constantly changing in both intensity and
direction. This makes for great functional
training and anterior and posterior muscle
activation. Skimming movements across
the water are the easiest actions to perform,
and the surfing actions, with their greater
tilt and depth, the most challenging. Once
participants have become familiar with the
board’s instability in the water, they are able
to apply more force and pressure during the
open handed movements in which the palms
rest on the board rather than grip the edges.
Get real, get wet
As always with aqua class planning, get
into the pool to work out which kick board
exercises you want to do. It is not possible to
know how an exercise will feel, or even if it is
achievable, without getting wet. For example,
sitting on the kick board, the arms can
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