WORKSHEETS

ABOUT

INDIVIDUAL SPORT:
SWIMMING

CONTENT STANDARD:
The learner demonstrates understanding of guidelines and principles in
exercise program design to achieve personal fitness.
PERFORMNACE STANDARD:
The learner modifies the individualized exercise program to achieve personal
fitness. Maharashtra (2019). 5 basic skills in swimming needs to learn. TNN.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/fitness/5-
LEARNING COMPETENCY: basic-swimming-skills-everyone-needs-to-
learn/articleshow/70619726.cms
The learner executes the skills involved in the sports. (PE7GS-IIdh-4)
Physical Education Curriculum Guide
INTRODUCTION Elkan, M. (2020). Individual Sports: Concept and Examples. Theme images.
https://definitionandconcept.blogspot.com/2020/02/individual-sports-concept-
Individual sports means those sports practices or disciplines that do not
and-examples.html
require accompaniment to be carried out, that is, that can be done alone. In
them the competitor does not rival other athletes or practitioners , but with
himself: with his recorded times, with his total trajectory or with his endurance
time, or with other personal abilities on which the sport depends in question. In
this way, the athlete's goals are set in advance and have to do with the
development of certain skills.

In this worksheets, individual sport particularly swimming is being presented.

It aims to make students learn on what are the different skills that are involved in
swimming and how it is being particularly executed.

Let us find out how you can be educated about individual sport: swimming.

REFERENCES:

Gonzales, M. (2021). Detailed Lesson Plan in Physical Education PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST

Swimming. Scribd Inc.
https://www.scribd.com/document/441585366/424418434
 3. KICKING
4. FLOATING
5. BREATHING
ACTIVITY 1: SWIMMING WORD SEARCH
ACTIVITY 3: AM I TRUE?
Directions: Circle the 10 words listed below. Words appear straight 1. T
across, backward straight across, up and down, down and up, and 2. increases - decreases
diagonally. 3. T
4. free crawl - front crawl
5. T
WORDS:
ACTIVITY 4: MATCH ME!
SWIM BUTTERFLY 1. Freestyle
OLYMPICS ATHLETE 2. Breaststroke
POOL STROKES 3. Kicking
DIVE BACK CRAWL 4. Strokes
FLOAT GLIDE 5. Breathing
6. Butterfly
7. Backstrokes
8. Floating
D S T R O K E S B B 9. Breaststroke
O I I S T R O K U A 10. Freestyle
V K V V G H C Z T C ACTIVITY 5: LET US REFLECT!
W J S E E D N F T K  Students’ answers may vary.
O L Y M P I C S E C LET US LEARN!
X H R T T D M Y R R
Y H Y A S W I M F A Swimming is a fun and great activity to
stay fit. It offers tremendous health
P O O L I C L D L W benefits, improves mood, decreases
G L I D E A E T Y L anxiety and helps to burn lots of calories.
F J K A T H L E T E Apart from this, it is also
good for those suffering from arthritis
S F T R I N D G Q A and other pain conditions. As per the
ANSWERS KEY: Centers for Disease Control and
PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST:
D S T R O K E S B L
O I I S T R O K U W
V K V V G H C Z T A
ACTIVITY 1: REMEMBER ME! W J S E E D N F T R
1. BUTTERFLY O L Y M P I C S E C
X H R T T D M Y R K
2. BACKSTROKE Y H Y A S W I M F C
P O O L I C L D L A
G L I D E A E T Y B
F J K A T H L E T E
S F T R I N D G Q A
Prevention, swimming for just 2.5 hours per week decreases the risk of
chronic illnesses.
In swimming, all your body parts should be well coordinated with
each other. You must be able to move the muscles of your lower back,
abdomen, and hips in a synchronized way to keep moving forward. Your
hands should move and cut through the water first, followed by your
elbow and then your body should make way through the water.
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To swim smoothly, co-ordination of the entire body is a must. One

needs to focus on the movement of the legs and arms, as well as
breathing control and swimming strokes. So, to expertise the skill of
swimming you must start with the basics.

Here are 5 basic swimming skills beginners need to learn:

1. BREATHING
It is a frequently overlooked basic skill, but
it is an important one. If are not
comfortable breathing while swimming,
you won't be able to enjoy it completely
and learn new things. The basic idea is that
you need to breathe out with both your
nose and mouth when your head is
underwater. Then when you lift your head
to the side take a full breath before putting
your face back down.
2. FLOATING
Before you start kicking and stroking, first
learn to float in the water. Floating helps
you to get keep your body in horizontal position. Floating is important
ACTIVITY 5: LET US because if you accidentally fall in the keep your body inwater you will
REFLECT! be able to float on the surface till you are rescued.

3. KICKING
Directions: Complete the statements below based on your learning
about the topic.
Kicking is another important skill to learn if
you want to master swimming. Kicking
helps your body to move in the forward
KNOWING HOW TO SWIM IS VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE
direction. Many swimming coaches use
kickboards to support swimmer's body.

4. STROKES
Now that you know how to float and kick,
it is time to learn some strokes. Strokes are
the arm movements that help to pull the
body through the water. The front crawl,
sidestroke, backstroke, and butterfly are
some of the common swimming strokes.
Four Basic Strokes:
1. Backstrokes - To perform the backstroke, while floating
on your back, alternate your arms with a windmill-like motion
to propel yourself backwards. Like the front crawl, your arms
should start the circular motion by pushing underwater and
recovering above water. Your legs should engage in a flutter
kick. Your face should be above the surface as you look
straight up.
2. Breaststroke - This stroke is performed with your stomach
facing down. Your arms move simultaneously beneath the
surface of the water in a half circular movement in front of your
body. Your legs perform the whip kick at the same time. The
whip kick is executed by bringing your legs from straight behind
you close to your body by bending both at your knees and at
your hips. Your legs then move outward and off to the side before extending and
coming back together. This swimming technique is often
compared to a frog’s movement.
3. BUTTERFLY - To perform the butterfly stroke, start
ACTIVITY 4: MATCH ME!
Direction: Match the correct execution/description of swimming in Column A
on the respective name of basic skills/strokes in Column A.
A. B.
1. To execute this skill, you must lie on your a. Kicking
stomach with your body parallel to the water.
2. This stroke is performed with your stomach b. Freestyle
facing down. Your arms move simultaneously
beneath the surface of the water in a half circular c. Strokes
movement in front of your body.
3. It helps your body to move in the d. Backstroke
forward direction.
4. It is an arm movements that help to pull the e. Breaststroke
body through the water.
5. It is a frequently overlooked basic skill, f. Floating
but it is an important one.
6. To perform this stroke, start horizontal with your g. Breathing
stomach facing the bottom of the pool.
7. To perform this stroke, while floating on your back, h. Butterfly
alternate your arms with a windmill-like motion to
propel yourself backwards.
8. It helps you to get used to the habit of moving
through water properly.
9. This swimming technique is often compared to a frog’s
movement.
10. It is also called as front crawl.
out of the water again to repeat. As you move your arms into the water, you will push
your head and shoulders above the surface of the water.
4. FREESTYLE/FRONT CRAWL - To execute the front
crawl, you lie on your stomach with your body parallel to
the water. Propel yourself forward with alternating arm
movements in a sort of windmill motion that starts by
pushing underwater and recovers above water. Your legs
should propel you with a flutter kick, which is performed
with pointed feet as your legs move up and down in
alternation. Do not bend your legs at the knee.
 Overall Performance - 15%
ACTIVITY 1: REMEMBER ME! TOTAL 100%

Directions: Write the corresponding name of strokes or skills in the provided

box.

ACTIVITY 3: AM I TRUE?
1.
Directions: Write T if the statement is true about the execution involved
in swimming, and if it is false, write the wrong word and make it correct.

2. ______ 1. Swimming offers tremendous health benefits, improves mood,

decreases anxiety and helps to burn lots of calories.
_____ 2. As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
swimming for just 2.5 hours per week increases the risk of
3. chronic illnesses.
_____ 3. Breathing is a frequently overlooked basic skill but it is
an important one
4.
_____ 4. The free crawl, sidestroke, backstroke, and butterfly are
some of the common swimming strokes.
_____ 5. Strokes are the arm movements that help to pull the
body through the water.

5.

ACTIVITY 2: SCUBA DANCING

Directions: Go to one of the tourist spot in your locality and make

a video presentation that shows different swimming styles or strokes
as a dance step to create a simple dance performance. Post it on
the Facebook with a hashtag #LETSDOSCUBADANCING.

Criteria:

Demonstration - 50%
Presentation - 10%
Poise - 10%
Technique/Skills - 15%