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Swimming

Swimming. What is swimming? Why is water safety important? What is the history of recreational and competitive swimming?. Click here to continue . Main Menu -Click on a topic to go to that slide!. Main Menu -Click on a topic to go to that slide!. What is swimming?. Why learn to swim?.

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Swimming

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  1. Swimming What is swimming? Why is water safety important? What is the history of recreational and competitive swimming? Click here to continue 

  2. Main Menu-Click on a topic to go to that slide! Main Menu-Click on a topic to go to that slide! What is swimming? Why learn to swim? Final quiz What is water safety and why is it important? What is the history of swimming? Meet the USA Olympic swim team! Or click here to get started at the beginning! How to get started in swimming!

  3. Helpful hints: This button will take you to the previous slide. This button will take you to the home (first) slide. This button will take you to the next slide. This button, during quizzes, will allow you to exit the quiz. This button will take you to the main menu. Main Menu Click here to begin the lesson!

  4. What is swimming? • Swimming is a water based physical activity and competitive sport. • It is composed of four main strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Main Menu

  5. Freestyle • In freestyle, your arms will reach forward above the waters surface and pull back under the water in an hourglass figure. • For your legs, you will do a flutter kick which are powerful but small kicks under the waters surface. • Most swimmers will breathe every three strokes for freestyle. Main Menu

  6. Backstroke • For backstroke your arms will move like a windmill. • The legs will be the same as freestyle, a flutter kick. • This stroke is nice because you have the ability to breathe the entire time. Main Menu

  7. Breaststroke • For breaststroke your arms will start by you chest, you then thrust them forwards and pull them in a circular motion towards your waist and back up to your chest. • For the legs, you do a frog kick. They will be brought up to your waist, and kicked outwards and brought together and back up to your body. Main Menu

  8. Butterfly • This is the most difficult stroke to learn/perform. • The arms in butterfly will rotate all the way around the shoulder joint and into the water where the hands will make a key hole figure before coming back out of the water and repeating the process. • The legs will stay together and will move like a dolphin or mermaid tail would. Main Menu

  9. Instructional videos… Click on each stroke to see a demonstration of it! Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Main Menu

  10. Practice question one What are the four main strokes of swimming? Freestyle, corkscrew, elementary backstroke, breaststroke. Freestyle, corkscrew, elementary backstroke, breaststroke c. Breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle. d. Dog paddle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke. Main Menu

  11. Practice question one You are correct! Click here to move on to the next question!

  12. Practice question one Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  13. Practice question two • Which stroke is pictured here? a. Freestyle b. Backstroke c. Breaststroke d. Butterfly Main Menu

  14. Practice question two Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  15. Practice question two You are correct! Click here to move on to the next slide!

  16. Why learn to swim? • Swimming is a fun and easy way to stay healthy, physically fit and active. • For some people, knowing how to swim could be very important for their survival, especially if they live near a body of water! • “It’s great for mental health. Studies have shown swimming improves psychological well being. Female swimmers in particular have been shown to experience significantly less tension, depression and anger after exercising than before.” Main Menu

  17. What are some facts about swimming? • 65% of people in the United States do not know how to swim. • Swimming strengthens the heart and lungs. • Elephants can swim as many as 20 miles a day. They use their trunks as natural snorkels! • Swimming is the third most popular recreational sport in the United States. Main Menu

  18. Practice question three What is one benefit of learning to swim? a. It increases blood pressure. b. It helps to keep you healthy and in shape! c. Swimming is the most active sport! Main Menu

  19. Practice question three You are correct! Click here to move on to the next question!

  20. Practice question three Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  21. Practice question four • How many people in the U.S. cannot swim? a. 90% b. 30% c. 55% d. 65% Main Menu

  22. Practice question four Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  23. Practice question four You are correct! Click here to move on to the next slide!

  24. What is water safety and why is it important? • “Drowning is the second most common cause of death from injuries among kids under the age of 14.” • If the water is too cold, don’t swim in it. The coldness makes your muscles weak and can prevent you from swimming or getting out of the water. • Knowing the depth of the water you will be swimming in is important. You would not want to jump into the water and hit the bottom surface, a rock, or get trapped in seaweed. Main Menu

  25. Drowning prevention • Always have an adult supervising you while you are swimming. • Do not swim in water that you cannot touch the bottom of (don’t swim in the deep end of pools, etc.) • Swim at your own pace! Main Menu

  26. Practice question five • Why is water safety important? a. Drowning is very common among children. b. What is water safety? c. To save lives of children and adults! d. Both a and c. Main Menu

  27. Practice question five Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  28. Practice question five You are correct! Click here to move on to the next slide!

  29. What is the history of recreational swimming? • Swimming has been found to date back to about 6000 B.C. • The ancient Greeks held swimming in high regard. • Plato thought that swimming was an essential part of proper education. • Early swimmers were the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, and the Persians. Main Menu

  30. What is the history of competitive swimming? • The Japanese were the first to hold competitive swimming races, in 1603. • The British first championed swimming as a competitive sport in Europe in the 1800’s. • Swimming was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1896 in Athens, Greece. • It was not until 1912 that women were allowed to compete in the Olympics. Main Menu

  31. Practice question six • Plato thought… Swimming was an important of education. b. Swimming should not be a part of education. c. He did not care about swimming. Main Menu

  32. Practice question six Wrong answer Click ere to go back and try again!

  33. Practice question six You are correct! Click here to move on to the next question!

  34. Practice question seven • Which nationality held the first competitive swimming events? a. Japanese b. British c. Greeks Main Menu

  35. Practice question seven Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  36. Practice question seven You are correct! Click here to move on to the next slide!

  37. Meet the USA Olympic swim team! • Men’s • Nathan Adrian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Adrian • Matthew Grevers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Grevers • Cullen Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen_Jones • Ryan Lochte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Lochte • Michael Phelps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps Main Menu

  38. Meet the USA Olympic swim team! • Women’s • Jessica Hardy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Hardy • Dana Vollmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Vollmer • Rebecca Soni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Soni • Allison Schmitt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Schmitt • Missy Franklin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Franklin Main Menu

  39. How to get started in swimming! • Find swimming clubs in your area! • Check your school’s athletic office to see if your school has a swimming team. • Check if the local YMCA has a swim team! Main Menu

  40. Practice question eight • What is one way to get started in competitive swimming? a. Go swimming in your pool at home. b. Go running. c. Join a swimming club/team. Main Menu

  41. Practice question eight Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  42. Practice question eight You are correct! Click here to move on to the next slide!

  43. Click here to continue…

  44. Final quiz question one • What are the four main strokes of swimming? a. Freestyle, corkscrew, elementary backstroke, breaststroke b. Freestyle, corkscrew, elementary backstroke, breaststroke c. Breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle d. Dog paddle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke Main Menu

  45. Final quiz question one You are correct! Click here to move on to the next question!

  46. Final quiz question one Wrong answer Click here to go back and try again!

  47. Final quiz question two • Who is this USA Olympic Athlete? a. Ryan Lochte b. Cullen Jones c. Matthew Grevers d. Michael Phelps Main Menu e. None of the above

  48. Final quiz question two You are correct! Click here to move on to the next question!

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  50. Final quiz question three • How many people in the U.S. cannot swim? a. 15% b. 65% c. 70% d. 75% Main Menu

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