Swimming

• Swimming

  • 2500BCe, as it was a part of martial training in the Greek and Roman civilizations to improve their fitness and strength
  • emerged as a competitive sport in England in the 1830s.
• Relay Swimming

  • competitive swimming race involving four swimmers/ athletes to compete as a team, and complete a specific distance in the shortest combined duration or time possible
  • use the following strokes respectively: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
• Fundamental Skills

  1. Water comfort
  2. Breath control
  3. Floating
  4. Kicking
  5. Strokes
• • Freestyle -swimmers face down in the water, breathing to the side, and alternate their arms over the surface of the water while adding a flutter kick
• • Breaststroke - swimmers compete on their stomachs; arms are out in front with hands together, pushed out to the side, and brought back in a heart-shaped motion
• • Butterfly - circular arm motions from front to back; dolphin kick
• • Backstroke - lay on the back and swing the arms out of the water, over the head, and back into the water with a flutter kick
• • Freestyle Relay - Four swimmers per team; each swimmer swims one-fourth of the distance using any desired stroke
• • Medley Relay - following order: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle
• • Mixed Gender Relay - Consist of two males and two females
• Pool Standard

  • Water depth
  • Pool length
  • Pool width
  • Pool markings
  • pool/ air temperature
• Equipment

  • Goggles
  • Bathing cap
  • Swimming attire
  • Towel