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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In the swimming world there are many different kinds of strokes that can be learned in order to use the proper swimming techniques. A swimming stroke is a way that swimmers move their arms and legs to go against the water and move themselves forward. The strokes create the least water resistance and there should be a minimum of splashing so that moving forward is smooth and not jerky. There are several specific kinds of stroke methods‚ but there are eight common ones. There is the butterfly‚ breast
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Lab Swimming I Matthew R. Holder Yuanyuan Lian (Summer) 04/07/2015 During a week of swimming class‚ I found myself getting more and more comfortable in the water‚ and my freestyle improved a lot than before. Before take this class‚ I learn freestyle from watching other people swim; however‚ I still feel struggle when I use freestyle to swim. After we learn freestyle in class and practice in class‚ I become much more comfortable with freestyle‚ I am really happy now I can freestyle without stopping
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Chris My body is yearning for your hand‚ and this broken heart lonely stands. I wait for your gentle kiss‚ and those soft lips I really miss! Your bright eyes and the way you smile‚ they only last for a while‚ But I will wait for you here‚ until you come and dry my last tear‚ I just want you to know‚ I will always be waiting for you. Marika Armstrong I Love You With All My Heart When things are changing all around us and the world seems to move too fast‚ don’t forget
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Unified Device Management Allows Centralized Governance of Corporate Network Devices Published July 2013 Situation Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) lacked a timely solution for keeping pace with the surging trend of employees who use personal devices to do Microsoft work. Without a user- and IT-friendly way to bring all devices into the scope of centralized management‚ IT risked improper exposure of secure company data‚ among other concerns. Solution Microsoft System Center
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Sylvia Sarisly. I love swimming. April 1‚ 2009 Finally the warm days are here! Waiting for them meant an eternity for me‚ because I love swimming‚ but I don’t like to swim in the cold weather‚ and finding a pool‚ big enough for lap swimming‚ that is really WARM – 80 degrees at least- is very hard to find. Here in California‚ just few pools have warm (more then 80 degrees) water‚ and needles to say‚ the beach is a fridge-cold water place for me. I go to enjoy the sun‚ but nothing like the
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THE SWIMMING LESSON How do you teach a child how to swim? Shallow water and with some one who is kind and patient is how I learned. I was not in school yet when my father gave me my first lesson. One afternoon‚ he decided I should accompany him to Bear Creek for a bit of fishing. When we arrived at the creek‚ dad parked the truck on one bank and then said‚ “We should fish from the other bank bank”Being too small to understand what was going on‚ I did not see anything unusual in that and
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Gina Beach Evolution of Swimming Swimming was practiced by civilizations going back to the Egyptians. As long as there was a practice venue such as a river‚ stream‚ or pond‚ swimming is available to anyone willing to try (Clearly 52). Swimming has existed since the dawn of time for exercise and pleasure. Swimming has evolved into a popular fitness activity as well as a major competitive Olympic Sport‚ but what is some of the history behind this legendary sport? Swimming has been recorded since
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Emily Chuang Mechanics of Swimming The crawl‚ also known as freestyle‚ is often regarded as the fastest swimming style. The legs perform a fluttering movement called the flutter kick to propel the body from behind while the elbows take turns moving in a semicircle movement in the swimming direction. One arm relaxes while the other is driven forward. The head is to be kept down in the water when not breathing. To breathe‚ the head turns sideways out of the water and air is to be taken in by the mouth
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go and cool off at the local swimming pool. It was so hot that day‚ when you stepped outside you instantly felt the heat and started to drip sweat. The sun was so hot you could feel the heat on your skin trying to turn it red. When we got to the swimming pool you could hear the children laughing and splashing in the water. You could smell the chlorine in the water from the parking lot. Walking up to the red brick building with the tall fence surrounding the swimming pool‚ we hurried to get inside
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