P.E-SWIMMING

• Swimming


  Is an individual or team sport that involves using arms and legs to move the body through water
• Competitive types of swimming strokes

  • Freestyle
  • Breaststroke
  • Backstroke
  • Butterfly
• Freestyle


  Freestyle swimming implies the freedom to choose any stroke style for competitive swimming. This style is generally the fastest
• Backstroke


  A swimming style swum on the BACK. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going
• Breaststroke


  Is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and torso does not rotate. It is the most popular swimming style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds
• Butterfly


  Is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by dolphin kick
• Swimming officials


  • Referee
  • Starter
  • Clerk of Course
  • Inspector of Turns
  • Judges of Stroke
  • Finish Judge
• Referee


  Has full control and authority over all officials. The Referee will enforce all rules
• Starter


  Has full control of the swimmers from time the referee turns the swimmers over him/her until the race commence
• Clerk of Course


  Assembles swimmers prior to each event, and is responsible for organizing swimmers into heats based on their times
• Timekeepers


  Each timekeeper takes the time of the swimmers in the lane assigned to him/her
• Inspector of Turns


  Ensures that swimmers comply with the relevant rules for turning as well as the relevant rules for start and finish of the race
• Judges of Stroke


  They follow the swimmers during their swim back and forth across the pool. They ensure that the rules related to the styles of swimming designated for the event are being observed
• Finish Judge


  Determine the order of finish and make sure the swimmers finish in accordance with the rules
• Six(6) Swimming officials

  • Referee
  • Starter
  • Clerk of Course
  • Inspector of Turns
  • Judges of Stroke
  • Finish Judge
• 4 Competetive types of swimming strokes

  • Freestyle
  • Breaststroke
  • Backstroke
  • Butterfly