In the swimming world there are many different kinds of strokes that can be learned in order to use the proper swimming techniques. A swimming stroke is a way that swimmers move their arms and legs to go against the water and move themselves forward. The strokes create the least water resistance and there should be a minimum of splashing so that moving forward is smooth and not jerky. There are several specific kinds of stroke methods‚ but there are eight common ones. There is the butterfly‚ breast
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Dionysus ‘Dionysus’ is a beautiful sculpture of Dionysus‚ the Greek God of Wines and Fertility‚ and Pan‚ the God of the Wilderness. The sculpture originated from the Roman Empire around 50-150 A.D. Even though a Roman artist created the sculpture‚ it holds a significant influence of the Greek art technique. The Romans got most‚ if not all of their creative ideas for art from the cultures they defeated. This magnificent artwork incorporates the elements of the Greeks naturalistic style‚ along with
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INSIDE THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP The Players Tournament does not have a long and rich history in the majors; however‚ the history it does have is very interesting and important to the PGA Tour. If you ask the PGA Tour‚ they want the Players Tournament to be a major‚ and have done their best to make the tournament a major in the players themselves. Joe Dey‚ the first commissioner of the PGA Tour then called the Tournament Players Division of the PGA‚ had the original vision for the tournament
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Gina Beach Evolution of Swimming Swimming was practiced by civilizations going back to the Egyptians. As long as there was a practice venue such as a river‚ stream‚ or pond‚ swimming is available to anyone willing to try (Clearly 52). Swimming has existed since the dawn of time for exercise and pleasure. Swimming has evolved into a popular fitness activity as well as a major competitive Olympic Sport‚ but what is some of the history behind this legendary sport? Swimming has been recorded since
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is recognized as one of the fastest rising sports in America today. In a matter of two short years‚ it has gone from an underground spectacle with evolving rules and standards to a recognized sport with a mass fan following comparable in number to "professional wrestling" in the 80s and 90s. The demand the sport has on a fighter’s body and the endless time devoted to training that a fighter must endure have solidified
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Team work wins Championship! “Talent wins games‚ but teamwork and intelligence wins championship.”1 I must say what an awesome saying by Michael Jordan! He beautifully portrays the success of teamwork. As nowadays‚ the challenge for companies is to deliver quickly and flexibly new quality products and services in order to respond to greater and changing demands from clients. “Standardization” and “specialization” characterize traditional work organization; the work is divided into different segments
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HISTORY OF SWIMMING Competitive swimming in Britain started around 1830‚ mostly using breaststroke. Swimming was part of the first modernOlympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908‚ the world swimming association‚ Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)‚ was formed. Ancient times 10‚000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in southwestern Egypt. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or dog paddle‚ although it is also possible that the
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“One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient. No matter what is thrown at them‚ no matter how deep the hole‚ they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.”(Saban) As that said‚ there comes a time when two teams from a specific sport collide in a championship game which determines a winner and loser. The suspense of knowing that the only motivation within teams creates a sense of stability towards the championship. Therefore‚ in a championship game‚ there needs to be a winner
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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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Pan-Africanism Essay Pan-Africanism was the idea that all Africans should be united in a common cause. Its aim was to liberate Africans from colonialism and racism. It promoted a growing sense in black identity and achievement. The Pan-Africanist movement had two main characters‚ namely W.E.B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. Movements of Pan-Africanism were the Harlem Renaissance‚ Negritude and Rastafarianism. Pan-Africanism sparked Nationalist movements worldwide. W.E.B Du Bois wrote 20 books on Black
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