Criterion B: Planning for Performance - Artistic Swimming

Due: 26/10/2018
Group members: Anson, Larry, Ivan and Gavin

C r i te r i o n B
Written a composition of the routine. Student needs to
i. design, explain and justify plans to improve the routine and performance and
ii. analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a plan based on the outcome of the performance.

Action Image Justification/Analysis

The four of us will start off by We decided to have 2 kinds of

lining up horizontally by the pool. entrances to add variety to our
The two people on the side will moves. This can make the
jump first. Larry will do a performance much more
clockwise spin jump and Anson will entertaining to watch. The
do an anti-clockwise spin jump. entrances will also be mirrored,
These 2 spin jumps should be which makes the performance feel
synchronized. After Larry’s and more coordinated.
Anson’s jump, Ivan and Gavin will
do a front roll jump together.
Once we’re all in the water and in
position, we will all rise up at the
same time. We then form a circle
and spin clockwise. Each member
will then start going down the
water beginning with Anson,
Gavin, Ivan and then Larry while
spinning in a circle.
In order to make the audience look
for us in the pool, we decided to
have everyone sink before rising
up at the same time. This can make
the audience pay attention to the
performance. Also, it would be a
good way to resurface after we
jumped in the water, as we could
immediately get into position after
we jump in the water.
After all the members are in the
water, we will all rise up in a
straight line. The formation should
be a vertical line with this order:
Anson at the front, Gavin, then
Ivan, lastly Larry.
Once we’re all in position, the first
and third person (Anson and Ivan)
will dive to the left of the audience
and the second and fourth person
(Gavin and Larry) will dive to the
right of the audience.
This is a build-up of the last move
and change of formation. Since we
were all underneath water and
would suddenly rise up again. This
can quickly attract the audience’s
attention. This formation also
works perfectly with our next
move.
This move allows us take
advantage of the size of the pool.
By swimming to the sides, we can
have our performance to be more
spread out. This move will keep the
audiences entertained since they
will have to look to the left or to the
right in order to see us. This will
also set us up for our next move, at
the same time making use of the
length of the entire pool.
Once Anson and Ivan is positioned
opposite to Larry and Gavin, we
will all swim underwater to the
opposite side. We’re basically
switching positions. After the
transition, Anson and Ivan should
be positioned on the right side and
Larry and Gavin should be
positioned on the left side.
This move is basically the same as
the last one but in reverse. Once
Larry and Gavin swam to the left
side, they will swim back to the
right. Same rules apply for Ivan
and Anson. Everyone will also be
swimming underwater.
This move adds in mirroring to the
performance, enhancing the
overall aesthetic of the
performance. We are also
underneath water, which requires
the audience to look for us. We’re
essentially trying to create some
kind of illusion so that the audience
keeps their attention on the
performance.
This is a change of position, where
we leave the sides and swim back
to the middle. This can group us
together, making it easier and
quicker to grab the audience’s
attention. Also, it can make the
audience wonder about the next
move, because we went one way
and now we are changing
positions.
Ivan and Anson will make two
different kinds of circle for Larry
and Gavin to go through. The first
circle requires Gavin to dive
through it from the front and the
second circle requires Larry to
jump through it from under the
water.
After the little circle performance,
Larry and Gavin will do a
handstand side by side, while Ivan
and Anson stand behind them and
holds their legs and move them as
if they are walking.
In the previous move, we already
got the audience’s attention to be in
the middle of the pool, so we
wanted to take advantage of this
and include another move that is
done in the same exact place. This
is to maintain their attention on us.
This move also helps to express our
creativity in the performance
because it is a different way of
moving from one side to another.
This is a transition move so that we
can go to the middle of the pool. We
wanted to make the transition
more interesting by making the
moves different. We decided to
move their legs while they’re doing
the handstand because we want
the audience to imagine them as if

After the leg dance, Ivan will hold
Gavin and Gavin will launch and
dive towards the water. The dive
will be synchronized with a one
hand high five between Larry and
Anson.
they are upside down walking.
Since there were no moves that
involved legs above water, we
chose to use this method of
transition so that it continues to
keep the audience entertained.
This move can make the
performance more exciting, since it
has a dive in it. But we also wanted
to include some sort of
synchronization, in order to make
the performance feel more
coordinated and professional. That
is why we included the one hand
high five before jumping.
There will be two launches in this
move. Ivan will support Gavin and
Gavin will dive toward the
audience. In the other pair, Larry
will support Anson and Anson will
also dive toward the audience. The
dive should all be synchronized as
well.
This move here is used to build on
the launch in the last move. But in
this move, there are two jumps
instead of one and are also
synchronized, adding on the
overall coordination in the
performance.
 This will be the last move of the
performance. Anson, Larry, and
Ivan will hold Gavin up in the air
and Gavin will bow to the audience.
Gavin will stand on Ivan’s and
Larry’s shoulder, while Anson will
stand behind Gavin to hold his leg
in case he falls.
Audience We wanted a clear and a happy
ending so that the audience can
know when the performance has
Gavin finished and leave with a smile on
their face. But we also wanted to
make it more special, so we decided
Larry Ivan to have Gavin bow to the audience
Anson in the air instead of the water. We
did this as we believe that it can
make the ending less boring and
more different.

Reflection: After doing this performance, we felt that most of it went pretty good. However, there are 2 main parts that we need to improve on,
transitions and the ending. Although we have some good individual moves, we think that there could be smoother transitions between each
move, so that our performance can look more connected and professional, which helps improve on the aesthetic of the performance.
First of all, the ending move of the performance could also be worked on. When we were going to set up the move, some of us were in the
wrong position, so we did not have a proper ending, making the performance look unorganized. To solve this problem, we should have decided
on the ending before the assessment date, so that we will have a clearer idea of how the ending is done. The ending was originally just to have
all 4 of us line up in a line and bow, however, we decided before the date of the assessment we would try for a more complex set of moves to
make the performance look more interesting to watch.

We should have also spent more time practicing instead of thinking of ideas. If we practiced more, we would be more familiar with each move,
which makes the performance more organized as well. We also felt that there could be a better form of communication amongst us so that it
would not be so obvious that we were talking, just to make the performance feel more professional.

The timing of a lot of the moves were also wrong. For example, the timing in the one hand high-five with Gavin diving went far. This made the
performance look uncoordinated. To solve this issue, we should have spent more time practicing the moves we already had instead of deciding
on new moves. This way, we can be more familiar with the moves and will not mess up the timing.