Emily Chuang Mechanics of Swimming The crawl‚ also known as freestyle‚ is often regarded as the fastest swimming style. The legs perform a fluttering movement called the flutter kick to propel the body from behind while the elbows take turns moving in a semicircle movement 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
Premium Human swimming Backstroke Front crawl
Swimsuit The text swimsuit is a short story written by Jasmin Cargil. In the beginning of the story you can read about the main character Darla‚ who is at a pool party. A couple named Trevor and Mandy is hosting the pool party‚ and she was there with her boyfriend Jon. She is not wearing a swimsuit‚ and when Trevor tells her to join them in the pool‚ she would not do it. She lies and tells him that she did bring a swimsuit‚ and that she will join them later‚ but afterwards she thinks loudly that she
Premium American films Marriage Debut albums
10: The Ability to Do More with Less Swimming offers something no other aerobic exercise does: the ability to work your body without harsh impact to your skeletal system. When the human body is submerged in water‚ it automatically becomes lighter. When immersed to the waist‚ your body bears just 50 percent of its weight; dunk yourself to the chest and that number reduces to around 25 to 35 percent; with water all the way to the neck‚ you only have to bear 10 percent of your own weight. The other
Premium Strength training Weight training Aerobic exercise
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SWIMMING IN THE PHILIPPINES The Filipinos needed motivation to appreciate swimming as a competitive sport. This is due to the fact that their ancestors were sea-faring people owing to the more than 7‚100 islands which compose this country. The American military men introduced swimming as a comparative sport in the country. Through the pioneering efforts of YMCA leaders working among the American Military forces‚ the rudiments of
Premium Philippines Swimming Filipino people
Swimming Swimming is a healthy‚ low-cost activity that you can continue throughout your life. Swimming is a low-impact activity that has many physical and mental health benefits. Swimming is a great workout because you need to move your whole body against the resistance of the water. Our nation is surrounded by water and swimming is one of our great passions. As well as being fun‚ swimming is a great way to keep fit‚ stay healthy and make friends. Everyone should learn how to swim. Swimming gives
Premium Strength training Heart disease Hypertension
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
Premium Swimming Diving Olympic sports
A Case of Cerebrovascular Accident by David F. Dean‚ Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College Case Presentation Samuel Dexter is a -year-old African-American man who is both a husband and father. He is moderately obese (bmi of )‚ and has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for the past years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to
Premium Stroke Reflex Myocardial infarction
ECN510 – Mr. Santos PoolVac‚ Inc. manufactures and sells a single product called the “Sting Ray‚” which is a patent-protected automatic cleaning device for swimming pools. PoolVac’s Sting Ray faces its closest competitor‚ Howard Industries‚ also selling a competing pool cleaner. Using the 26 observations report we calculated pricing and cash flows. The General Demand equation used is QD = a + bP + cMavg + dPh Where a is the dependent variable‚ bP is the price of the PoolVac good‚ cMavg
Premium Supply and demand Consumer theory
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
Premium Swimming Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games
THE SWIMMING LESSON How do you teach a child how to swim? Shallow water and with some one who is kind and patient is how I learned. I was not in school yet when my father gave me my first lesson. One afternoon‚ he decided I should accompany him to Bear Creek for a bit of fishing. When we arrived at the creek‚ dad parked the truck on one bank and then said‚ “We should fish from the other bank bank”Being too small to understand what was going on‚ I did not see anything unusual in that and
Premium Learning Swimming