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    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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    traveled to the Caribbean and visited 7 islands‚ I got to witness the way they live life there and the different culture as well‚ not to mention how beautiful it was there.I remember when we went to Saint Kitts island my siblings and grandparents went swimming and‚ at that time‚ I had tubes in both of my ears so I had to wear this headband thing to protect them from the water. Because of the headband‚ I had a rather noticeable sunburn line on my forehead for the next week but it was all worth it for that

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    Running‚ swimming‚ and body weight exercises are the staple of conditioning for this elite combat unit. Volume sets (such as 10x30 push ups‚ 10x20 dips‚ or 10x10 pull ups) are the backbone of maintaining and increasing functional strength. Long distance swimming and running are combined with sprint interval training in both. Exercise is continuous with relatively short breaks of recovery

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    paper is about learning to swim well‚ and it includes some important recommendations and warnings about swimming. Learning how to swim or improving swimming technique can in fact be an enjoyable experience. This research specifies step by step how to swim without any problem. People will learn that by practicing progressive swimming exercises with the proper mindset they can learn each swimming stroke step by step‚ quickly and have fun. The important thing about this paper is that people need to learn

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    Reflection Paper in Swimming (My Prelim and Midterm Experiences) Physical education is an important aspect in our curriculum as a student. It is a daily well programmed and appropriately monitored physical activity that can help us to increase our self-esteem‚ develop knowledge‚ attitude‚ discipline‚ and confidence needed to maintain active lifestyles and acquire the skills needed to develop a positive attitude towards physical activity that will last a lifetime. I’m the type of person that

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    looser. I saw my sister with this big‚ giant smile on her pale‚ wet‚ freckled face. “Wa-who!!!” Lane shouted. We finally fell off and I thought it was so amazing and fun. “I can’t believe I just did that!” I said proudly of myself. We started swimming for the tube and tried to get back on. We were laughing so hard it was so crazy! I fell off my first tube. I’m very proud of myself. I realized that doing something that you haven’t done before‚ isn’t just taking a big step‚ it’s about opening

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    the fact that I could be the difference between whether someone dies or whether they live. The confidence I would gain simply from knowing I am able to save someone else’s life would not only make me more confident in my summer job of teaching swimming lessons‚ but in carrying myself through life in general. To me‚ this lifeguard class is a test not only of my physical ability to swim‚ dive‚ and correctly strap someone to a board‚ but a test of my will power‚ my ability to stay calm and perform

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    I descended into the lukewarm pool like a duckling about to swim for the first time. I felt very anxious and crestfallen because my brother had made me an object of ridicule because I was not so good at swimming. “Place your hands on the pavement”‚ Mr. Jay‚ my swimming instructor pointed out. “I’m trying to let half of my body float in the water‚ but I can’t‚ can you help me do that?”‚ I asked. Mr. Jay jumped into the water and swam toward me and he illustrated how I can float on the water by

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    their chest. Then‚ run into the water‚ making sure to lift knees high‚ in order to keep from falling. Once the water becomes too deep to run any longer‚ the guard should keep their tube in the same place‚ and begin to swim to the victim (91). While swimming‚ it’s important that the guard keep his or her head above the water‚ to keep sight of their victim at all

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    My alarm interrupts my sleep. I jolt out of bed. My feet pad across my room; I blindly throw on my bathers and grab the usual apple and berry smoothy. I slowly jog out to the car‚ I see mum waiting with the headlights on‚ lighting my way‚ the warmth of the seats are nice in the early morning. We don’t speak on the way to the pool. When I take off my tracksuit I feel uncomfortable‚ I’m too bulky‚ my body is uncomfortable. My body glides through the water creating small ripples along the surface. The

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