club team in 2013 my physical activity was low to say the least‚ but competitive swimming turned that around completely. My training began with eight hours a week‚ but by the end of the year it would increase to twenty or more‚ depending on whether or not we were tapering or had a meet that week. The intense training regimen I was placed on was a great outlet for stress and a new avenue for personal growth. Swimming taught me commitment and how to set‚ prepare for‚ and achieve my goals in and out
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Third of all‚ water polo is a very technical sport. There are many basic ball-handling skills needed to play the sport: picking up the ball‚ passing‚ wet or dry passes‚ shooting‚ faking shots and swimming with a ball in hand or in front. The players also have to master their front crawl and backstroke swimming techniques perfectly if they want to swim up and down the pool so many times. They also have to be able to tread water using a
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Nov. 12‚ 2012 HISTORY OF SWIMMING 1800-Competitive swimming was first introduced in the early 1800′s in Britain by the National Swimming Society. At that time‚ there were man-made indoor pools in London and the National Swimming Society of England used them for swimming competitions. These events became popular in England and led to the formation of the Amateur Swimming Association in 1880. 1873-The swimming strokes used in this time period were the side stroke and the breast stroke. In 1873 John
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Swimming - is the self propulsion of a person through water or other liquid‚ for survival‚ recreation‚ sport‚ exercise or other reason. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs‚ the body‚ or both. Humans are able to hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth‚ as an evolutionary response. Brief History of Swimming Though humans have been swimming for millennia‚ competitive swimming has only existed for about 150 years
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Breast Stroke The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes‚ beginners learn either the breaststroke or the front crawl first. Since the breaststroke can be swum with the eyes almost always above water‚ it is important in lifesaving‚ as it allows the rescuer to approach
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Cayden and I have always loved swimming. It started out as just playing at the pool. Marco Polo‚ Colors‚ and Mermaids‚ we loved mermaids. We are best friends‚ she was mine and I was her’s. We had so much in common. We both liked crafts. We both liked to talk. We both had younger siblings and we both took swim lessons! We loved it! My teacher’s name was Jacob. We went to his house. My brother‚ Kai went first. Stroke by stroke I watched him do his lessons. Then I would go. His pool was a odd shaped
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medley competitions they cannot use the breaststroke‚ butterfly stroke or backstroke. The freestyle stroke involves: coordination‚ movement and breathing. First off‚ coordination is the key to successfully learning how to swim. Visualize a line running down the center of the body from the chin to the chest. This line is the axis upon which the whole body should move‚ and it should extend horizontally in the direction one is swimming. Keep the legs straight with the toes pointed out‚ and kick up and down
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VERMILLION‚ S.D.—The South Dakota women’s swimming and diving team fell to Northern Iowa (178-122) at the Coyote’s first home meet of the season at the DakotaDome pool. The Coyotes captured four of the 16 events of the evening. Taylor Kidd came out on top in the 200-meter freestyle (2:11.35) with Quinn Fawcett right behind to take second with (2:12.56). Morgan Holt captured first in the 200-meter butterfly with a 2:24.47 and took second in the 100-meter butterfly (1:05.55). On the diving board
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Last Year I got the opportunity to create a youth swim program out of a Toronto master’s swim club. After swimming with the club for three years and having my own swim instructing experience‚ I approached the head coach with an idea for a new youth program. I pitched that the program would run alongside the master swim to accommodate for parents who desired the convenience of having their children swim at the same time and location. The head coach was receptive to the idea and contacted the athletes
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How to Swim Butterfly All those who know‚ even a little bit of swimming‚ have come to agree that the butterfly stroke is by far the most difficult stroke in swimming. It may not necessarily be the most difficult stroke to master technique-wise (that title is held by breast stroke‚ as far as I know)‚ but it is definitely the most taxing stroke to swim. Of course‚ one can always argue that any stroke is taxing to swim when you’re swimming with 100 percent effort‚ and that is true‚ but even in that butterfly
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