SWIMMING Ka Girl

Swimming
Swimming is a movement through water using

one’s limbs and usually without artificial apparatus.
Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and
recreational.
“The move is an ongoing process of falling forward and a mass

dropped from a higher level drops quickly, "says Bejan.
“The swimmer that makes the biggest

wave is the faster, and makes a long
trunk and larger waves. Europeans
have a 3% longer than the West
African body, and this gives them
1.5% more speed advantage in the
pool, "he completes.
History
Swimming has been known since prehistoric times; the
earliest records of swimming date back to Stone Age paintings
from around 7,000 years ago. Written references date from
2000 BC. Some of the earliest references include the Gilgamesh,
the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42,
Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas.
In 1538, Nikolaus Wynmann, a German professor of
languages, wrote the first swimming book, The Swimmer or A
Dialogue on the Art of Swimming.
Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800,
mostly using breaststroke. In 1873 John Arthur Trudgen
introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after
copying the front crawl used by Native Americans. Due to a
British disregard for splashing, Trudgen employed a scissor kick
instead of the front crawl's flutter kick. Swimming was part of
the first modern Olympic games (1896 in Athens). In 1902
Richard Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western world. In
1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale
de Natation (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was developed in the
1930s and was at first a variant of breaststroke until it was
accepted as a separate style in 1952.
Styles
A style is also known as a stroke.
"Stroke" can also refer to a single
completion of the sequence of body
movements repeated while swimming
in the given style.
Several swimming styles are
suitable for recreational swimming;
many recreational swimmers prefer a
style that keeps their head out of the
water and has an underwater arm
recovery. Breaststroke, side stroke,
head up front crawl and dog paddle
are the most common strokes utilized
in recreational swimming. The out-of-
water arm recovery of freestyle or
butterfly gives rise to better
exploitation of the difference in
resistance between air and water and
thus leads to higher speed.
It is possible to swim by moving
only legs without arms or only arms
without legs. Such strokes may be
used for special purposes, for training
or exercise, or by amputees and
paralytics.
Strokes
 There are four main strokes in Swimming
 Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle
 When all of these strokes are put together they make the
individual medley
 Swimmers compete in races that range from 50 meters to
1500 meters
Breaststroke
Freestyle
Butterfly Backstroke
Breaststroke and Butterfly
Breaststroke and butterfly are shot access strokes. Here is how to swim them.
 Hold your legs together and extend your
 Keep your legs close together and arms above your head.
pull them up toward your chest. At
the same time, hold your palms
together and up against your chest,
 Kick your legs up and down once in a
as if you were in prayer. whipping motion, as if you were a dolphin.
.
 Kick out and apart with your legs,  Pull both of your arms out of the water
and then quickly squeeze them together, along with the big kick. This will
together. Try to imitate the way a help propel your body forward and out of
frog kicks. After the kick, streamline the water.
your body by pointing your toes and
extending your arms completely.
 Lift your head up and breathe while you
 Glide for a moment with your arms quickly pull both arms out of the water and
fully extended, then turn your palms swing them forward. Head and arms
outward and repeat the stroke reenter the water together at the same
time.
Freestyle and Backstroke
Freestyle and Backstroke and short access strokes. Here is how to swim
them.
 Keep your legs straight, but not rigid,  Floating on you back, kick your legs up and
with your toes pointed out, and kick down. Keep your legs straight, but not
up and down. Continue kicking the
entirely rigid. Your toes should be pointed
entire time.
out. Try not to make a big splash with your
kick.
 Move your arms in a windmill motion
opposite each other. While one arm is
extended completely out, the other  Rotating your shoulders, move you arm in a
should be all the way back, almost windmill motion. Keep one arm straight as
against the side of your body. you raise it out of the water . At the same
time, the other arm should be bent and
 Lift your other arm out of the water pulling a cupped hand along your side in
and move it all the way forward.. Bend the water. Your hand should enter the
at the elbow and drag your fingertips
along the surface of the water. Enter water pinky-first.
the water with your fingertips and
completely extend the arm.  Keep your head floating back in the water,
with your eyes looking up. Breathe
 Breathe on one side by turning your normally.
head to that side as the arm comes
out of the water.
Advantages of swimming
The organization inure. Located faster and better able to adapt to
environmental changes even when they are extreme, while not
facing the risk of any damage to health.
The functioning of the heart and circulatory affected positively.
The increase in metabolism, stress and resistance of water during
bathing have a significant effect on the heart and circulatory
system ... we are good!
It increases the functional capacity of respiratory muscles.
Swimming is directly linked to adequate and regular supply of
oxygen. Good breathing technique strengthens the respiratory
muscles.
Combat weaknesses and faults in posture. Due to the buoyancy
maintain proper posture and overall anchorage mechanism,
ligaments and joints are not charged at all.
Simultaneously exercise all muscles of the body heavily. It is one
of the few forms of exercise while participating in almost the
same percentage of all the muscles for work.
Exercising in water causes euphoria and makes placing and
exploding hormones responsible for the good will and euphoria of
the organization.
Risks of swimming
There are health risks and dangers associated with swimming.
Most recorded drownings fall into one of three categories:
 Panic where the inexperienced swimmer or non swimmer becomes

mentally overwhelmed by the circumstances of their immersion.
 Exhaustion, where the person is unable to sustain effort to swim or tread
water.
 Hypothermia, where the person loses critical core temperature, leading to
unconsciousness or heart failure.
 Less common are salt water aspiration syndrome where inhaled salt water
creates foam in the lungs that restricts breathing, and hyperventilation.
Around any pool area, safety equipment and supervision by

personnel trained in rescue techniques is important. It is required at
most competitive swimming meets, and is a zoning requirement for
most residential pools in the United States.
Swimming: an individual sport
Swimming is mostly an individual

sport, there is no team involved in it
as there is in football.
Swimmers compete as individuals

in competitions, and their fate relies
on their own hands, not the coach,
not the “team” mates but their own.
The most popular swimmers
 Mark Spitz is the biggest swimmer in the history
of swimming with 11 Olympic medals.
 Matthew Nicholas Biondi is another great swimmer
in the swimming history winning 11 Olympic medals
including 8 golden medals.
 Johnny Weissmuller is another talented swimmer
in the swimming history.
 Ian James Thorpe is one of the most popular swimmers
with 9 medals including 5 golden.
 Michael Fred Phelps holds 4 world records now. His
best events are Freestyle and Individual medley.
 Kristin Otto is the famous swimmer , who won 6 golden medals
at her first participation in the 1988 Olympic games.
 Jennifer Elisabeth Thompson is a great swimmer in world
swimming. She has won 12 medals participating in 4 Olympic
games.

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Swimming

Swimming is a movement through water using

“The move is an ongoing process of falling forward and a mass

“The swimmer that makes the biggest

 Panic where the inexperienced swimmer or non swimmer becomes

Around any pool area, safety equipment and supervision by

Swimming is mostly an individual

Swimmers compete as individuals

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