“Safety is more important than convenience”(Don Hambidge). When swimming‚ there are multiple things to be aware of‚ ways to survive‚ and ways to help others. Knowing lifeguard requirements and training‚ rescue techniques‚ and rip current survival strategies are important when swimming. “A lifeguard must always provide for his or her own safety and the safety of the victim when making a rescue”(Rescue). Being a lifeguard is a very important job. It means that you are able to be trusted with
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Whorton states that a novelist “must rely on what may be called the illuminating incident to reveal and emphasize the inner meaning” of the book. In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ the illuminating episode is when Edna has an epiphany after swimming out into the sea. She comes to the realization that she can speak freely and share her emotions openly as she finds it liberating. This moment functions as a casement that reveals the overall meaning of the work as a whole that women should feel
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Narrative Essay Anxiety is an issue that I have struggled with and will most likely continue throughout my entire life. It affects my daily life‚ with constant mild stomach aches or my non-stop jitters‚ but my anxiety was never visible to other people. However‚ one race in particular‚ will stay in my mind because it was the day I revealed my inner burden to a crowd of screaming parents and coaches and it taught me how to overcome my anxiety. I had woken up from a nap‚ when my mom hollered from
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see you for a couple more weeks!" "No not a couple weeks I’m sorry to say‚ but a couple months!" his mother replied. She signed him up for forty more lessons! Dylan is seven and I have been his swimming teacher for five and a half months now. Even though Dylan may only be seven years old his is swimming at a twelve-year-old level. I will never forget Dylan‚
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I squinted through the sunlight and scanned the water in front of me. With my teeth clenched on my whistle‚ I paced the hot concrete. All of a sudden‚ the slide screeched as an older woman plunged into the pool. I instinctively moved towards the struggling guest with my safety tube outstretched‚ ready to execute my training. Suddenly‚ she emerged from the water and exited the pool. Whew! It was a false alarm. While heading back to my stand‚ I was interrupted by the creaking of another slide. This
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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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different styles with various speed and intensity. I consider this type of activity very interesting‚ as I like to travel to warm countries where I can use my skills to sail in the sea or in the ocean. Also‚ almost all the muscles are used while swimming. Furthermore‚ I have been attending gymnastics and dance class for my self-development. And I am in pursuit of leaning how to dance Latin-American style such as tango. The movements in a dance are the keys to your soul. In the summer time‚ I involved
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You never know how helpless you are until you have a near death experience. One summer‚ when I was young‚ my family and I went to a water park. I didn’t know how to swim‚ but thankfully the majority of the park required no swimming ability. For one of the rides‚ I wanted to get out of my tube and jump around‚ but once I climbed out‚ I immediately sunk to the bottom. I tried to kick back up and just as my legs gave in‚ a lifeguard climbed in and essentially saved my life. He was my hero and I was
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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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competitively swimming ten years ago. Oceans‚ lakes‚ pools‚ and even rain make me feel at home. I spent my entire summer around water. Between swim practices‚ swim meets‚ trips to the lake‚ and working at a summer camp‚ I was always in the water. Swimming became the one thing I always looked forward to. I attended school in a different area than where I lived‚ but I made many local friends through swimming. At the end of eighth grade‚ I was eager to see what I could achieve in high school swimming. I had
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