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    Swimming has a long history dating back to prehistoric times when man first swam across rivers and lakes. It evolved into a competitive sport in the 19th century in Great Britain and was included in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Philippines was introduced to competitive swimming in the early 20th century by American military, and the first national swimming association was formed in 1920. To this day, swimming provides many health benefits and remains a popular sport in the Philippines, practiced in pools equipped with lanes, diving boards, and other standard facilities and equipment.

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    Swimming has a long history dating back to prehistoric times when man first swam across rivers and lakes. It evolved into a competitive sport in the 19th century in Great Britain and was included in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Philippines was introduced to competitive swimming in the early 20th century by American military, and the first national swimming association was formed in 1920. To this day, swimming provides many health benefits and remains a popular sport in the Philippines, practiced in pools equipped with lanes, diving boards, and other standard facilities and equipment.

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    Swimming has a long history dating back to prehistoric times when man first swam across rivers and lakes. It evolved into a competitive sport in the 19th century in Great Britain and was included in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Philippines was introduced to competitive swimming in the early 20th century by American military, and the first national swimming association was formed in 1920. To this day, swimming provides many health benefits and remains a popular sport in the Philippines, practiced in pools equipped with lanes, diving boards, and other standard facilities and equipment.

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    Swimming has a long history dating back to prehistoric times when man first swam across rivers and lakes. It evolved into a competitive sport in the 19th century in Great Britain and was included in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Philippines was introduced to competitive swimming in the early 20th century by American military, and the first national swimming association was formed in 1920. To this day, swimming provides many health benefits and remains a popular sport in the Philippines, practiced in pools equipped with lanes, diving boards, and other standard facilities and equipment.

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    Swimming

     History
     Swimming competitions
     History of swimming in the Philippines
     Facilities and equipment
     Benefits
    History of Swimming

     Stone Age

     Earth is covered with 70% water

     Prehistoric man swim in order across rivers and lakes

     Cave paintings in ancient Egypt and Greece

     Swimming became a sport in the 19th century when National


    Swimming Society of Great Britain organized competitions
    Swimming Competitions

    o Competitive swimming was first introduced in 1800 - Great Britain


    by the National Swimming Society
    o The swimming strokes used during this time were Breast Stroke
    and Side Stroke
    o In 1873, John Trudgen - front crawl using flutter kick or
    scissor kick, which gave birth to freestyle
    o 1896 Greece Olympics - swimming was included.
    The first gold medal won by Hungary’s Alfred Hajos:
    100 meter and 1200 meter freestyle
    o 1900 Paris, France Olympics – backstroke
    relay races and water polo were included in the list of
    swimming events.
     1908, Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) was formed
     1922 Paris, France Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller, first
    swimmer to have swam the 100 meter race in less than 1
    minute
     Mark Spitz in 1972 broke all records in the history of swimming
    won 7 gold medals. He won a total of 9 Olympic gold medals, a silver, a
    bronze, 5 pan-am golds, 31 other amateur titles and 8 college titles.
    1972 Olympics was held at Munich, Germany
     Michael Phelps won 16 Olympic gold medals. He won 6 gold
    and 2 bronze medals in 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2008
    Beijing Olympics, he won 8 gold medals.
     Joseph Isaac Schooling gave its first Olympic gold medal in the 100-
    meter butterfly in the 2016 Olympics
    Swimming in the Philippines

     Swimming is not entirely new to us Filipinos, given the fact, that we are
    an archipelago, thus we are surrounded with different bodies of water.
    Somehow swimming has natural skills to us.

     American military men introduced competitive swimming in the


    country.

     First swimming pool constructed at Fort McKinley YMCA in 1907.

     Other pools were constructed: American Columbian Club, YMCA Manila


    and Manila Polo Club – inspired Filipinos to learn the sport.
     In 1910, The first swim meet organized at Fort McKinley marked the
    formal inception of swimming as a competitive sport.

     In 1912, Conrado Benitez emerged as the outstanding Filipino swimmer.

     In 1913, during the Far Eastern Games held in Manila, the three
    Filipinos won the championship match against China, Filipino swimmers
    were: Conrado Benitez, J. Del Pan, C. Aivile and L. Cristobal.

     In 1920, University of the Philippines and Philippine Women’s University


    - competitive swimming in Physical Education

     PASA – Philippine Amateur Swimming Association


    Facilities:
     Swimming pool – 50 meters – L; 25 meters - W
     with 10 lanes of 2.5 meters width each lane
     Depth: 6 ft
    Equipment

    Swim suit for men and women

    googles cap paddles boards


    Benefits of swimming
     Relieves stress
     Builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
     Maintains a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs
     Provides an overall body workout
     Improves coordination, balance, flexibility and posture
     Provides good low-impact therapy for some injuries and conditions

     Overall, swimming is a great way to keep fit and well for a lifetime
    Thank you for listening 

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