HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SWIMMING IN THE PHILIPPINES The Filipinos needed motivation to appreciate swimming as a competitive sport. This is due to the fact that their ancestors were sea-faring people owing to the more than 7‚100 islands which compose this country. The American military men introduced swimming as a comparative sport in the country. Through the pioneering efforts of YMCA leaders working among the American Military forces‚ the rudiments of
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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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In the middle of summer the heat was so miserable that our family had decided to 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
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When Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics‚ the city (as well as Catalonia and España as a whole) welcomed the incredible opportunity. In addition to the obvious nationalist pride and international recognition hosting the games entails‚ their excitement was also fueled by the potential that the opportunity represented. As the International Olympic Committee explains in their “Factsheet – Legacies of the Games‚” recent Olympic games have resulted in “long lasting legacies for their
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10: The Ability to Do More with Less Swimming offers something no other aerobic exercise does: the ability to work your body without harsh impact to your skeletal system. When the human body is submerged in water‚ it automatically becomes lighter. When immersed to the waist‚ your body bears just 50 percent of its weight; dunk yourself to the chest and that number reduces to around 25 to 35 percent; with water all the way to the neck‚ you only have to bear 10 percent of your own weight. The other
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OLYMPICS The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. From 776 BC‚ the traditional games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries until 1896. The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens Greece in 1896 and the games played to today every 4 years.Today‚olympic games worlds biggest athletic and competitive event that
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Swimming Swimming is a healthy‚ low-cost activity that you can continue throughout your life. Swimming is a low-impact activity that has many physical and mental health benefits. Swimming is a great workout because you need to move your whole body against the resistance of the water. Our nation is surrounded by water and swimming is one of our great passions. As well as being fun‚ swimming is a great way to keep fit‚ stay healthy and make friends. Everyone should learn how to swim. Swimming gives
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Impacts of Beijing 2008 An appraisal of the impact of the Beijing Olympics presented by Lee Sands considered that‚ ‘the huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth’. To prepare for the games‚ China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006‚ transformed the cityscape of Beijing. Furthermore‚ the Olympics have had a significant influence on Beijing’s economic development‚ environment‚ and
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TERM PAPER FOR SWIMMING (PE 2) SUBMITTED BY: KEVIN P. ACUÑA AB COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED TO: MR. MICHAEL HINGPIT INSTRUCTOR Swimming as a sport Swimming is a water-based sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). History of Swimming Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7‚000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BCE. Some of the earliest references
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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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