Swimming Flashcards
Underwater movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance.
Swimming
occurs when learning swimming and water safety is the main objective of the activity. Recreational swimming is often less structured than sessions designed to teach swimming and water safety.
Recreational Swimming
activity which involves swimming as its primary mechanism in competing which can either be individual or team-based.
Competitive Swimming
the earliest recording of swimming dates back to stone age paintings from around …
7,000 years ago
Swimming had its origins in Egypt as a leisure sport around …
2500 BCE
Written references date from —-. Some of the earliest references include the Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Isaiah 25:11).
2000 BC
Competitive swimming in Europe started around —–, mostly using breastroke. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1986 in Athens.
1800
In —–, Frederick Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western World.
1902
In —–, the world swimming association: Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed.
1908
Begins with simple exercises such as drawing a breath, submerging, blowing bubbles and then resurfacing for another breath.
Breath Control
Keeping your body in a horizontal position in the water; a basic water skill.
Floating
Provides propulsion through the water.
Kicking
What a swimmer can do while in a vertical position to keep their head above the surface of the water, while not providing sufficient directional thrust to overcome inertia and propel the swimmer in any specific direction.
Water Treading
Arm movements used to pull the body through the water.
Stroke
used for speed; allows for a streamlined movement that helps the body glide through the water.
freestyle stroke
