:: Texas Skills ::
:: Development Program ::
:: Description of Tests ::
Category Number 1 - Drills on Floor
1. Standing Body Alignment With Arms at the Side
You can do this one in front of a mirror. Tuck your tail between you legs like a dog and pull your stomach in towards your back. No arching in the back. Keep your arms straight and down at your side.
2. Five Slow Motion Arm Circles While Holding #1
This is just like #1 and you can check this one in front of a mirror too. While holding the #1 position very tight do five slow arm circles. You are judged on holding the position from #1, keeping your arms straight in the circles, and having big circles that brush your ears.
3. Three Slow Motion Arm Circles Starting at a “Y” and Ending With at an “I”
Don’t get confused. This one is just like the first two. You can check it the same way. The only difference is that the start position is with the arms up like a “Y”. Do the arm circles the same as #2, big and all the way around up to your ears so now you look like an “I”. Move them back to the “Y” and do the circle again. Keep your body aligned just like #1!
4. Slow Motion Back Press
Always keep you body aligned! Start with your arms like a “T”. Then go up on your toes and lift the arms to a “Y”. Then bend the knees nice and deep while still holding your arms up. Stay down with your knees bent and circle your arms up to your ears. Then stand up and rise up on your toes. Hold still and stay tight and aligned for a good score.
5. Standing Forward Entry Close From a “T”
Stand with your arms like a “T” with good alignment. Go up on your toes and close your hands up over your head. Grab your hands in front of your forehead and squeeze your head. You should be round in the back like there is a turtle shell behind you and you want to put your back inside the turtle shell.
6. Standing Midline Back Entry
Stand inside the turtle shell and point your eyes and fingers down at you toes in front of you with straight arms. Then bring your hands up towards your face staying close to your body. Grab them together right under your chin and move them across your face like your wiping your nose! Flip them over and reach back behind your ears. Squeeze tight and stretch backwards up on your toes without arching your back. You can have a little curve but not too much!
7. Back Tuck Kickout
Sit in a tight tuck and point your toes (one hand on each leg!).
1. Kick - kick your legs out straight and point your toes keeping your feet off the ground a little bit. Point your arms and fingers down at your toes. Tilt your head up so you can see your feet. Stay tight.
2. Look - hold the kick position and now tip your head back like your looking for the water.
3. Reach - bring your hands up towards your face staying close to your body. Grab them together right under your chin and move them across your face like your wiping your nose! Flip them over and reach back behind your ears. Squeeze tight and stretch backwards, touching your hands to the floor.
Category #2 - Strength
1. Tip Toe Walk With Hands Grabbed Overhead
Grab your hands over your head and squeeze. Keep your back in alignment. Walk across the floor on your tiptoes.
2. Walk On Your Heels With Hand On Your Hips
Keep good body alignment and put your hands on your hips. Walk across the floor on your heels.
3. Duck Walk
Squat down into a tuck and walk across the floor. Keep you rear end down!
4. Hands Grabbed High Jumps 10 Times
Grab your hands over your head and squeeze. Now do 10 jumps (bouncing off the ankles). Hold good body alignment on all the jumps!
5. Tuck Jumps
Start with arms up next to your ears nice and straight. Now do ten jumps grabbing a tuck on each one. The jumps should bounce off the ankles just like #4. Your arms need to go all the way down to the tuck and all the way back up to your ears on each jump to get a good score!
6. Three Towel Jumps
Grab a towel with your arms shoulder width apart. Now jump through the towel like a really short jump rope. Now bring it back under your feet. The key is to jump up and bring your knees up like a tuck before you try and move the towel under your feet. Under and back = 1.
7. Ten Pike Stretch Bounces Sitting Down
Sit with your legs straight and toes pointed. Put your arms up over your head nice and straight. Now go down and reach your hands out over your toes while keeping your head in between your arms. Sit back up and do it again ten times.
Category 3 - Dryboard
1. Standing Forward Jump With Your Arms Up and No Circle
Stand on the end of the board with your arms up nice and straight and your body in good alignment. Drop to a big knee bend and jump straight up and forward slightly while keeping your back round.
2. Two Foot Hop With Arms Up and No Circle
Measure two foot lengths from the end of the board, you start from here. Stand with your arms up over your head nice and straight. Jump up and forward to the end of the board and then jump off. Keep good alignment through the whole thing!
3. Standing Forward Jump With an Arm Circle
This is just like #1 except you do a circle swing when you bend your knees and jump off. Keep your arms straight and keep good alignment when you do the circle and jump!
4. Back Jump With Your Arms Up and No Circle
Stand on the end of the board just like in #1 and #3, but this time stand backwards. You should have half of you foot off the board and raise your heels up just a bit. Hold good alignment and drop to a big knee bend and jump back off the board.
Category #4 - Trampoline
1. Five Straight Jumps With Arms Up No Circles
Stay in the middle of the tramp and put your arms up nice and straight. Now do five jumps staying in the middle and holding good alignment. Stay in control!
2. Five Straight Jumps With Arm Cirlces Grab at the Top
Just like #1 but now you do arm circles with each jump. When your arms get up over your head on the circles grab your hands together and squeeze for just a second, then swing again. Grab your hands over your head on every jump. Stay in the middle, keep good alignment, and stay in control.
3. Two Bounces With No Arm Circle, Seat Drop, Back to Feet
You start this one just like the jumps in #1. After two jumps do a seat drop (touch the trampoline with your hands next to your seat). Then lift your arms back up over your head and stand. You are judged on being tight on the seat drop. Legs straight and toes pointed.
Category #5 - Slide
1. Front Entry Hands Grabbed (go deep)
Grab you hands and squeeze your head lying on your stomach on the slide. Legs together toes pointed nice and tight. Slide in and go down deep. Keep your legs straight and toes pointed until you get all the way under water.
2. Back Entry Straight (go deep)
Grab you hands and squeeze your head lying on your back on the slide. Legs together toes pointed nice and tight. Look back for the water and slide in and go down deep. Keep your legs straight and toes pointed until you get all the way under water.
Category 6 - Side of the Pool / Platform
1. Part Front Jump
Start standing on the edge with your arms at your side. Raise them up in front of you and round your back like you’re in the turtle shell while lifting up on to your toes. Drop down and bend your knees, circle your hands back behind you and hold that position (you are done with the first part). Make sure while you are down your back is still round! Now circle your arms up over your head and jump off. Your arms must finish the circle before your jump!
2. Two Part Back Jump
This exactly the same as #1 but this time you stand backwards. Half your foot is off the wall and your heels are raised slightly when you start.
3. Pike Falling Seat Drop Backwards
Half your foot is off the wall and your heels are raised slightly when you start. Bend down and grab your ankles while keeping your knees straight. Fall back and land on your seat. Don’t let go!
4. One Hop Forward Punch Jump
Start standing backwards with your whole foot on the edge. Measure one step and a hop, land on both feet. Turn around and put your arms up over your head. Take one step and hop, landing on both feet on the edge and jump off. When you hop to the end keep you back round and tuck you knees up a bit to get ready for the jump. Punch the end with your feet so you go high. Stay tight!
Category #7 - 1 Meter Dives
1. Standing Forward Jump With Your Arms Up and No Circle
Stand on the end of the board with your arms up nice and straight and your body in good alignment. Drop to a big knee bend and jump straight up and forward slightly while keeping your back round.
2. Front Standing Pike Lineup (hands grabbed)
Stand on the end of the board and grab your hands over your head. Bend at the waist and aim your hands at the water. Fall on your hands. Keep your legs together with your toes pointed. Keep your back inside the turtle shell.
3. Back Jump With Your Arms Up and No Circle
Stand on the end of the board just like in #1 and #3, but this time stand backwards. You should have half of you foot off the board and raise your heels up just a bit. Hold good alignment and drop to a big knee bend and jump back off the board.
Category #8 - 3 Meter Dives
1. Back Jump With Your Arms Up and No Circle
Stand on the end of the board just like in #1 and #3, but this time stand backwards. You should have half of you foot off the board and raise your heels up just a bit. Hold good alignment and drop to a big knee bend and jump back off the board.
2. Front Standing Pike Lineup (hands grabbed)
Stand on the end of the board and grab your hands over your head. Bend at the waist and aim your hands at the water. Fall on your hands. Keep your legs together with your toes pointed. Keep your back inside the turtle shell.
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