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• Swimming


  - is an activity of propelling oneself

  through water using the limbs.

  -Swimming can be a fun leisure activity and is

  a really good low-impact way of staying in

  shape.

  -Could potentially save your life and others.
• Uses of swimming


  • Fun and recreation
  • Relaxation
  • Sports
  • Saving lives (Rescue)
• Swimming can be used for almost all ages and almost all bodies of water
• Swimming is the second most popular exercise activity in the United States, with approximately 360 million annual visits to recreational water venues
• Benefits of swimming


  • Low impact - no ground impact, protects joints
  • Can be continued for a lifetime
  • Builds cardio-respiratory fitness, heart strength, muscle mass
• Swimming is a family affair - something the entire family can share
• Children are not developmentally ready for formal swimming lessons until after their fourth birthday
• Whenever infants and toddlers are in or around water, an adult should be within an arm's length, providing 'touch supervision'
• Swimming is an activity for virtually anyone who has the will and desire to do so, including those with disabilities
• What to use in swimming

  • Proper swimwear
  • Goggles
  • Bathing caps
  • Flotation devices
  • Kickboards
  • Noodle
  • Hand paddles
• Pre-swim warm-up movements


  1. Do simple stretching and exercises

  2. Do not go immediately into the water after the exercise, sit at the side of the pool for a minute with legs into the water
• 7 basic skills in swimming

  • Blowing bubbles
  • Gliding through water
  • Floating technique
  • Treading water
  • Doggy paddle
  • Flutter kick
  • Coordination
• Freestyle


  The most popular stroke and the easiest for beginners to learn, with a simple flutter kick and windmill arm motion
• Backstroke


  Similar to the freestyle, using an alternate windmill arm stroke and flutter kick, with the body rolling from side to side
• Breaststroke


  Involves exquisite timing, with the legs doing a frog kick, the arms pulling, and the breathing coordinated with the stroke
• Butterfly


  A difficult stroke requiring perfect timing, with the legs moving together in a dolphin kick, the arms moving together to push the water, and the torso undulating
• Types of dives

  • Forward
  • Backward
  • Reverse
  • Inward
  • Twisting
  • Armstand
• How to teach basic swimming for children


  1. Check the background of the child

  2. Approach, methods and strategies should be appropriate at their age level

  3. Give clear instruction, demonstrate first before making drills

  4. Use practical skill progression, one step at a time, from simple to complex

  5. Be gender sensitive, have a positive attitude, commitment, encouragement, and make it fun

  6. Do not rush, it takes time, never forget to give praises

  7. Never force the child, sandwich correction with compliments

  8. Be patient, witty, and aware of what's going on

  9. Remind the children about the pool rules from time to time

  10. Be prepared and get organized, make a daily lesson plan

  11. Educate parents on the importance of learning to swim, and that there is no such thing as drownproofing

  12. Be on time or better, earlier, be patient, be professional, be a model, and most of all, have fun
• Basic breathing drills teaches you rhythmic breathing which you will need when learning the swimming strokes.
• Blowing bubbles


  Improve breathing technique
• Gliding through water 


  helps you to get used to the

  sensation of moving through the water headfirst.
• Floating Technique


  Everyone can—and should—learn how to float in water. Knowing how to float can save your life, and it’s the first step in learning how to swim freestyle.
• Buoyancy


  Let’s start with a basic principle of physics: anything with a higher density than water will sink in water. Buoyancy The human body is, by weight, roughly two-thirds water. This means your density is similar to that of water.
• Treading water


  Water treading is an aspect

  of swimming that involves a

  swimmer staying in a vertical

  position in the water while

  keeping his or her head above the

  surface of the water.

  It is a combination of an eggbeater kick

  and sculling.
• Doggy paddle


  Combining basic kicking with paddling arms. (most often with head out of the water).
• Flutter kick


  The primary purpose of the flutter kick is NOT propulsion but keeping the legs up and in the shadow of the upper body and assisting body rotation for arm strokes.
• Coordination


  Beginner swimmers often find themselves messily chopping through the water with their limbs. That’s fine. It takes time to master these skills in order to be a better swimmer.
• Swimming strokes

  - Freestyle.

  - Backstroke. - Breaststroke

  - Butterfly
• The leg kick (Freestyle)


  -It's a flutter kick where the legs kick in an alternating order. Bend the knees slightly.

  -Relax the feet and ankles (they should be almost floppy).

  -Emphasize the down-kick for propulsion.
• The breathing (freestyle)


  -Raise one arm to begin the stroke. As the shoulder rises, turn the head to catch a breath.

  -Turn the head only enough to leave the water to breathe. Do not lift the head

  because it will slow you down.

  -Take as many breaths as necessary and then exhale through the nose and

  mouth when the head returns to the water.

  -Repeat the head turn to the other side in coordination with the beginning of the

  opposite arm stroke.
• The leg kick (backstroke)


  -It's a flutter kick where the legs kick in an alternating order. -Bend the knees slightly.

  Relax the feet and ankles (they should be almost

  floppy).

  -Emphasize the up-kick for propulsion.
• The breathing (breaststroke)


  -Breathe every time you stroke with your arms.
• Dive


  to jump into the water with your arms and head going in first
• The right mindset:

  Commitment - Do not rush, it takes time.

  Encouragement - Never forget to give praises.

  Fun - Teaching and learning should be fun.
• Be patient

  Compliment, correct, compliment. A great technique. At the very least, compliment twice as much as you correct.
• Wittiness safetyfirst Being aware of what’s going on.
• Educate parents on the importance of learning to swim, and at the same time, stress that there is no such thing as drownproofing.
• Benefits of swimming

  • LOW IMPACT

  -There's no ground impact when

  you swim, and so you protect the

  joints from stress and strain.

  -Can be continued for a lifetime

  For age categories of their swim

  competitions, you will find a

  100- to 104-year-old age group!
• History of swimming

  • Egyptian 4000 B.C.
  • Iliad and Odyssey 1500 to 2000 years.
  • Organized swimming 1800’s and 1900’s.
• History of swimming

  • Egyptian 4000 B.C.
  • Iliad and Odyssey 1500 to 2000 years.
  • Organized swimming 1800’s and 1900’s.