P.E 4

• Leisure - is an essential part of human life
• Recreational activities - are activities that are done for enjoyment and relaxation to feel refreshed
• Article 24 of the universal declaration of human rights - everyone has the right to rest and leisure including reasonable limitations of working hours and periodic holidays with pay
• Aquatics - broad term for activities done on water, such as swimming, diving, and boating.
• Philippines has 7,641 islands
• Swimming - is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water
• Kayaking - is the use of kayak for moving across the water
• Surfing - is the sport of riding waves
• Surfer - catches the wave and rides it to shore, surfing is a sport that requires balance, strength, and agility
• Snorkeling - A type of scuba diving where the diver wears a snorkel and mask to breathe underwater
• Water aerobics - performance of aerobic exercise in water such as in swimming pool

  -also done mostly vertically
• WHO- World Health Organization, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
• About 236,000 people drowned every year as of july 2023
• Physical hazards - are the physical conditions that can cause injury
• Microbial hazards - are the bacteria can cause illness or infections to us humans
• The WHO says that the desire PH levels in water should be in 7-7.6
• Chemical hazards - chemicals that can cause harm to the body or the environment.
• Three (3) main routes of chemical hazards:

  • Inhalation
  • Ingestion
  • Dermal contact
• Freestyle - is the easiest and fastest form of swimming

  -swum in a horizontal position with the body facing down
• Breast stroke- swum with the body facing down. The arms perform semicircular movements and the legs perform a frog kick

  -slowest stroke
• Back stroke - back crawl uses alternating and opposite arm movements .As one arm pull through the water from an overhead position to hip the other arm recovers above the water from the hip to the overhead position and vice versa

  -perform a flutter kick similar to front crawl of freestyle
• Butterfly - major swimming style sum on the breast with both arms moving simultaneously accompanied by a dolphin kick

  -uses of dolphin kick

  -hardest stroke of style of swimming

  -not recommended for beginners
• Swimwear- reduce friction and drag in the water increasing the efficiency of the swimmers Foward motion
• Goggles- protective eyewear
• Swim cap- elastic cap used by swimmers to prevent their hair from getting wet
• Swim fins- help you to learn swim faster and more efficiently
• Hand paddles- lightweight tools great for improving and tweaking technique
• Pull buoys- to create buoyancy for your hips to bring your body position in line so you are more streamlined
• Kick board- helps with kicking techniques, balance and strength
• Noseclip- uses to prevent water from entering the nose
• Swim snorkel- allows the swimmers to focus to improve their swimming skill without the interrupting of getting lock of breath
• Float and buoy -floatation devise that open water swimmers use to increase their visibility in the water
• Pool noodle - device that can use to teach child or adult to swim
• Warm up - is use before the actual activity to prevent from gettin injured
• Wall press/chest press- begin by facing the wall and extending your arm to place your palm against the wall your thumb should point toward the ceiling
• Goal post squeeze - Raise your arms in front of you with your elbows bent at a 90 degrees angle.
• Goal post rotation - Raise you arms side ward with your elbow bent foward in line with your shoulder at a 90 degree angle
• Straight arm string - begin in a standing position with one leg slightly more than shoulder width apart from other.with your knees slightly bent lower your head down and place your forearm above the knee of your foward leg
• Hamstring streamline stretch - begin in a seated position and extend one leg straight while the other is bent inward with your foot close to your leg keep the foot that is extend in a flexed position
• High hurdle streamline stretch-extend one leg straight while the other is bent backward foot close to your buttocks keep the foot that is extend in a flexed position