prelim

• Water Polo- It is a team sports which the two teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team’s goal.
•   Diving- is the sport of jumping or falling into the water from a platform or spring board.
• Swimming- is an individual or team sports that uses arms and legs to move the body through water
• Sailing- refers to the sport of using wind to power sails and to propel the boat forward
• 1.    Canoe-Kayak- a long narrow boat that is pointed and that is move by a paddle.
• Rowing and Sculling- the sport of racing in long narrow boats that are moved by using oars
• Water Skiing- is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or cable.
• Surfing- is a sport of riding breaking waves toward the shore, by using surfboard.
• Scuba Diving- is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.
• Dog paddle is the earliest form of swimming stroke.
• ✔         Federation Internationale De Natacion (FINA) is the highest governing body in swimming.
• ✔         In year 1930 Filipino swimmers joined the Far Eastern Olympics in Shanghai.
•     The Worlds Aqua Man is Michael Fred Phelps II. Also known as “Flying Fish”. He holds the most decorated Olympian of all time, and also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23).
• ❖         Teofilo E. Yldelfonso (nov.5, 1903-june 19, 1942)-Was a Filipino Breaststroke swimmer. He is the 1st Filipino and Southeast Asian to win an Olympic medal and the only Filipino to win multiple medals.
• Sculling -Propelling oneself in the water by using hands in figure of eight
• Federation Internationale De Natation-FINA is the highest governing body in swimming
• Synchronized Swimming-is an artistic form of rhythmical activity in water with a definite pattern to follow.
• Jellyfish Float- take a breath and hold and hold your ankles
• Turtle Float- the swimmer reaching down, wrapping the arms around the knees and holding them.
• Supination or Back Float- a floating position on one’s back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
• Pronation or Dead Man’s Float- a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downwards, legs extended backward and arms stretched forward.
• Sculling – to propel oneself in the water by using hands in figure of eight.
• Thread Water – to maintain the body erect in water with the head above the surface.
• Synchronized Swimming – an artistic form of rhythmical activity in water with definite pattern to follow.
• Rhythmic Breathing – the process of inhaling above the surface of the water through the mouth and exhaling below the water surface through the nose.
• Water Balance – to maintain the position of the body in the water.
• Floating – extent the legs and arms, like laying in the water.
• Bobbing – breathe out the air through the nose under water.
•   Breathe holding – to inhale and hold the inspired air for a certain time before exhaling.