What is SWIMMING?

SWIMMING

Sports

Saving Lives
(Rescue)
SWIMMING
Fun and
Recreation

Relaxation
Almost for all ages
Almost for all bodies of water
Almost everyone
 SWIMMING
 is an individual or team racing sport that
requires the use of one's entire body to move
through water.

 Swimming can be a fun of leisure activity and

is a really good low-impact way of staying in
shape.

 Could potentially save your life and others.

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 Joined the Olympics in 1896 as a men’s sport.

 BUT TODAY…

 Swimming is the second most

popular exercise activity in the
United States, with approximately
360 million annual visits to
recreational water venues.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
SWIMMING?

 Heart Strength

 Build Muscles Mass

- An 8-week swimming
program, there was a 23.8%
increase in the triceps muscles.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
SWIMMING?

 Burn Calories

 It’s a family affair

- Swimming and other water
activities are something the
entire family can share.
SWIMMING with disabilities?
WHAT TO USE IN SWIMMING?

PROPER SWIMWEAR
WHAT TO USE IN SWIMMING?

GOGGLES BATHING CAPS

WHY DO WE NEED TO HAVE A
WARM-UP EXERCISE BEFORE
SWIMMING?
 GOING IN TO WATER

Do not go immediately in to the

water after the exercise.

Sit at the side of the pool for a

minute with legs into water.
BASIC SKILLS IN SWIMMING

Bubbling

Flatter Kick

Floating
 DIFFERENT STYLE IN
SWIMMING
• FREESTYLE (THE CRAWL)

- a stroke in swimming in a prone position

characterized by alternate overarm movements
combined with the flutter kick.
 DIFFERENT STYLE IN
SWIMMING
• Backstroke
- a swimming stroke made while lying on one’s
back in the water.
- Similar to the freestyle in that you use an
alternate windmill arm stroke and flutter kick.
 DIFFERENT STYLE IN
SWIMMING
• Sidestroke
- the sidestroke is considered the least tiring. You
can lie on either side of your body while on the
water. Use the “scissors kick” for your leg is moved
in front of the other.
 DIFFERENT STYLE IN
SWIMMING
• Butterfly Stroke
- a stroke in swimming made by moving the legs
using the dolphin kick and bringing the arms
forward over the water in a simultaneous manner.
 DIFFERENT STYLE IN
SWIMMING
• Breast Stroke
- a stroke in swimming made in prone position in
which both hands move simultaneously forward
and outward from in front of the chest while the
legs move in a frog kick.