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Aquatics Assignment
Aquatics Assignment
Aquatics Assignment
Pool:
Sea / Ocean:
River:
Reach out to the person using any available object that will extend
your reach, such as a pole, an oar, a tree branch, a belt or a towel.
Brace yourself to keep from losing your balance.
Throw anything that will provide the victim support, such as a foam
cooler or inner tube. A floating object with a line attached is best so
you can pull the person to safety.
If the water is shallow and calm, put on a life jacket, wade into the
water and reach toward the person with a pole, branch, life jacket or
other object. Do not enter the water if a current or waves make
wading dangerous.
Keep yourself safe. In most cases, only trained professionals should
enter the water to perform a rescue.
mind
Fig. 1. Mind-
- Semnification (speech) body
- Focusing relationship
Emotional state and energy and
psychological
Physiology effects on the
Respiration athlete.
body
Instead of conclusions
As an athlete, you spend hours in the pool training. You work out
physically in order to get your body into peak form. Do you use your mind?
Well, you think something. If you have not been taught the best mental
techniques, then you might be training bad habits. Think of it as if you were
never taught good freestyle technique and spent hours upon hours thrashing
away developing bad habits a good coach would cringe at and not getting
any faster. In the same way, if you were never taught the most effective
mental techniques, you might be solidifying harmful thinking at such times
as when you face a challenging set, feel pressure in a meet, or fall just short
of your goals.
That's where mental trainers come in. Their job is to point out the
areas where you can improve your thinking in order to perform your best,
and then help you make necessary changes.
One of the first skills swimmers learn is how to blow bubbles. Whether
it was "talking to the fishes" or simply watching bubbles rise to the surface,
this was fun. Water is a natural motivator for children. One hot summer day,
just take a moment to watch a group of young boys and girls playing in a
pool, and you will see that splashing, getting out, and jumping in is
exhilarating. It is simply fun to be in the water! Splashing around, swimming
underwater, cannon balls, and rings off the bottom is a great way to spend
an afternoon. Perhaps you remember swimming through hula-hoops or
viewing the sky from the bottom of the pool, holding a "tea party" or talking
underwater. Maybe you pretended you were a mermaid or a dolphin as you
learned dolphin kick. As swimmers grow older, the simple of joy of being in
water tends to be replaced with the pressure of constant striving.
Now take a moment to write all the things that get in the way of
swimming. These are the burdens, pressures, negative thinking, emotions,
fatigue, activities, and situations that interfere with swimming or your joy of
swimming. Write these as daggers pointing toward the bubble. Make a
commitment now to yourself that you are going to protect this bubble. You
might not yet know how, but just the commitment is important.
When you are on the wall in the middle of a tough set in practice and
wondering if all this hard work is worth it, take a moment to bob underwater
and blow out your bubbles. Not only will this lower your heart and get you
ready physically to go again, but you can use it to mentally prepare as well.
With your first few breaths, blow out all the stress and negative thinking.
Then remind yourself of the top reasons why you swim. Remind yourself of
your commitment to protecting your joy of swimming. Rediscover the fun.
By your fourth and fifth bob, blow out bubbles of joy. Do not let anyone
burst your bubble!
Float:
Breathe:
You can start practicing breathing today. Simply relax your shoulders,
neck, and mouth. Inhale deeply, through your nose or mouth, filling your
lungs from the bottom to the top. Exhale through your mouth. Stay relaxed
during the exhale, allowing your shoulders to fall down away from your
neck, and empty your lungs completely. Try this while driving, while sitting
in your desk at school, just before you start swim practice, and whenever
you feel overwhelmed. You might be surprised by how much it relaxes not
only your body, but also your busy mind.
These are together because reaching as far as you can on each stroke
helps you streamline. The more you reach from fingers to toes, the more
streamlined you can become.
The first thing you do when you push off the wall is streamline.
Streamlining allows you to move through the water with the least resistance.
In that sense, striving to streamline is necessary all of the time. If your
movements serve to move you forward while preventing drag, then you are
successfully streamlining. Streamlining is important in all you do. Streamline
your life. Cut out what is unimportant or holding you back from your goals.