Like many other boys‚ I love to swim. Since the age of five‚ I have spent many summer days in the YMCA pool. When I was 13 years old‚ I desired something more challenging than casual swimming‚ so I joined the high school development team for the Badger Swim Club. On the first day‚ all the team members dived into the water as soon as the coach gave the order. I was the only one who jumped in. After a few laps‚ I was far behind all the others. Although I was trying to catch up‚ I was out of breath
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race is called‚ my first event‚ I feel a shudder run from my head to my toes as I am standing in a line with my competitors or you could say‚ my new enemies. When I get up onto the block the gun fires and the race has begun‚ I leap into the water and swim with all my might‚ like a sword fish catching its prey‚ kicking‚ holding my breath until I reach the surface. As I leapt into the icy cold water‚ I feel calm and relaxed‚ but now was not the time to be relaxed. After the first three laps‚ my heart
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The Swim of Deception One day in midsummer‚ a group of friends‚ Neddy and Lucinda Merrill and Helen and Donald Westerhazy‚ are hung over and are complaining about how they drunk too much the previous night. Ned decides that he wants to go swim in the pools that are spread throughout his county and imagines himself to be an explorer. In the beginning of the story Ned is pictured as being happy; however‚ as the story progresses Ned realizes that the world he envisioned at first was not all it appeared
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How to Swim the Breaststroke The breaststroke is the oldest known swimming stroke and is one of four strokes used in competitive swimming. This stroke is also very popular in leisure swimming because the head can be held up‚ making vision and breathing easy and because the swimmer can rest between strokes if needed. Swimmers can also use the breaststroke in survival swimming and in lifesaving situations. Since the breaststroke has many uses and is easy to learn‚ it is one of the best strokes
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The North Cascade Mountains are a vital part of Washington’s environmental function and beauty. They are being threatened by deforestation and mining. The clear-cutting of the forest would result in loss of wildlife and biodiversity due to loss of habitat and environmental “disruption”. Mining is potentially dangerous to water supplies which in turn affect the animals that live in and drink from them. Washingtonians are attempting to preserve two hundred thousand acres of land surrounding the North
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Learning To Swim For the First Time Swimming is one of my favorite sports. Swimming is one of the best pastimes that people have Learning how to swim is indeed very exciting. People said to be much easier when teaching a young child under the age of five. Swimming is exciting‚ good experience and good for health. First of all‚ swimming is exciting for several reasons. Swimming is exciting because it is completely different from any other sports out there. Swimming is also exciting because of
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learn to swim. Learning something new for me can usually be somewhat of an experience that’s frightening for me at various times in my life. One of the most difficult things that I had to do was learn how to swim because I was pushed into a pool when I was around 12 or 13 years old and it scared the daylights out of me. I was afraid of deep waters‚ but after being pushed into the pool as horseplay from my friends‚ I came to the conclusion that I had to learn to swim to remove
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Understanding the context of an article‚ or particular situation‚ and the language used to describe events is important when it comes to considering how the reader will interpret the text. In The Sunday Telegraph article ‘Swim Scandal: Aussies See Red Over Chinese’ written by Halloran‚ J and Harris‚ A it is important to break down the important components of language used by the authors. Breaking down the article into field‚ tenor and mode will help the reader convey and understand the journalists’
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Erika Eissler February 18‚ 2010 How to Swim the Freestyle Stroke The freestyle is also known as the front crawl or the sidestroke. It is used in competitions but there are no real regulations on how it has to be swum. Most swimmers choose to swim front crawl during freestyle competition because it is the fastest technique. For individual freestyle competitions‚ however‚ a swimmer can use any stroke they want‚ but during medley competitions they cannot use the breaststroke‚ butterfly stroke
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The Club (1978)‚ written by David Williamson‚ is a satirical play that follows the fortunes and misfortunes of a football club over the course of the season. David Williamson cleverly integrates the realistic portrayal of characters and dialogue into the play in order to effectively provide the reader with an insight into the power and politics of sport and the commoditisation of players. The main themes in The Club that David Williamson communicates across to the reader are power and the concept
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