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  • Bring heels up to bottom
  • Turn toes out, like a frog
  • Kick round in a circlular shape until feet are back together, legs straight
  • Legs move simultaneously

A good way of explaining it is to ask children to imagine they have a big bowl of ice cream behind them - theirheels have to scrape all the way round the edge of the bowl and bring the icecream up to their bottoms. Always encourages them to kick wide!

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  • Bring heels up to bottom
  • Turn toes out, like a frog
  • Kick round in a circlular shape until feet are back together, legs straight
  • Legs move simultaneously

A good way of explaining it is to ask children to imagine they have a big bowl of ice cream behind them - theirheels have to scrape all the way round the edge of the bowl and bring the icecream up to their bottoms. Always encourages them to kick wide!

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