Content 1.1 Introduction 1.2 History 1.3 Breaststroke 1.3.1Technique 1.3.2 FINA Rules 1.3.3 Breaststroke Diagram 1.4 Backstroke 1.4.2 Technique 1.4.3 FINA Rules 1.4.4 Backstroke Diagram 1.5 Reference 1.1 Introduction Swimming is a sport or activity of propelling oneself through water using the limbs. Swimming is also defined as to move through water by means of the limbs. It is an action moving as though gliding through water. Swimming
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skills. First Class rank requirements start you on your way to becoming a good swimmer‚ but you need additional skills to begin training for the Lifesaving merit badge. You need to master the front crawl‚ sidestroke‚ breaststroke‚ and elementary backstroke. These are introduced in your Boy Scout Handbook and reviewed here‚ but you will probably need formal instruction to master them. Do not assume that your Lifesaving merit badge counselor will teach you swimming and lifesaving at the same time. Your
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not require expensive gear. A swimsuit and a pair of waterproof goggles and you are set to swim. There are four strokes in competitive swimming. The freestyle which is my personal favourite has no restrictions. The three other styles are the backstroke‚ the breaststroke‚ which is commonly called as frog style‚ and the butterfly. The
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Research Paper In Basic Swimming History of Swimming The history of swimming goes way back to that of prehistoric times. Books written from 2000 to 1500 BC including the Bible have references to swimming. It was mostly used in these times as a means of cleansing. Any form of competitive swimming wasn’t formed until the 1800’s in Europe. It was included in the first Olympics in 1896 in Athens‚ Greece. It was noted that Ancient Egypt had cave drawings of humans swimming in the nearby sea. They
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other strokes. Some people refer to breaststroke as the "frog" stroke‚ for your body moves like a frog swimming in the water. The stroke itself is the slowest of any competitive strokes and thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes. History The history of breaststroke goes back to the Stone Age‚ as for example pictures in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sora in the southwestern part of Egypt near Libya. The leg action of the breaststroke may have originated by imitating the swimming action
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ha ha. Elven. Silly name. I almost laugh out loud. I stop myself. Don’t make a bad impression I tell myself. He might think I am crazy. “Can you go there” He points to the other end of the pool. “Backstroke.” I nod my head and push off the wall. I am on my back. I do my everything but perfect backstroke. It takes me forever to get across. I sink a couple times and turn to my stomach. Inch by Inch. Foot by Foot. I eventually get to the other
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sport. There are many basic ball-handling skills needed to play the sport: picking up the ball‚ passing‚ wet or dry passes‚ shooting‚ faking shots and swimming with a ball in hand or in front. The players also have to master their front crawl and backstroke swimming techniques perfectly if they want to swim up and down the pool so many times. They also have to be able to tread water using a
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in the swimming direction. One arm relaxes while the other is driven forward. The head is to be kept down in the water when not breathing. To breathe‚ the head turns sideways out of the water and air is to be taken in by the mouth not nose. The backstroke‚ also recognized as the back crawl‚ is a type of stroke where the swimmer cannot see in which direction he/she is swimming towards which makes it difficult to tell when nearing the wall. The knees are kept underwater and slightly bent while the
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When I was on the swim team during my sophomore year‚ I became a leader and lead our swim team to victory. The first few meets that buffalo grove high school participated in‚ victory did not seem like a possibility. Fortunately ‚ with intense training from our new coaches and leadership skills from the older swimmers‚ we were able to turn that losing streak around into a glamorous victory. When the time came around for the practice 5 days before the meet. Ultimately my strategy was the 100 x 100’s
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History and geographyFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the academic discipline. For a general history of human beings‚ see History of the world. For other uses‚ see History (disambiguation). Historia by Nikolaos Gysis (1892) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.[1] —George Santayana History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning "inquiry‚ knowledge acquired by investigation"[2]) is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well
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