Aquatics Flashcards
PE 33
Man engaged in swimming activity for their survival,
for searching food and transportation.
Primitive society
They had the ability to swim as early as
____ BC, for _____ and _____ purposes
9000; Hygienic & pleasure
During Ancient Greek and Rome swimming was practice by ____ they
were forced to swim as part of their ____.
warriors; military training
During the time of _____ of ______. Young people learned to swim
as their _____ and _____ until such time swimming became a _____.
Henry II; Great Britain
physical activities and recreation
sport competition
First tournaments were held
1810
____ people were retrain and afraid/fear from swimming activity because of the idea or general belief that outdoor bathing or water practices anywhere could catch a fatal sickness
Dark Ages
In 1837, competitions were held in ____ in _____.
man-made pools; London
Swimming tournaments were held in Australia
1846
In ____ the very first indoor pool. (Year: ?)
England (1862)
First official swimming competition & formation of British Swimming Federation.
Place & Year?
UK 1869
_____ swam across the English Channel between Dover and Calais
Matthew Webb
How long did Matthew Webb swam across English Channel
21hrs 45mins
When did Matthew Webb swam across the English Channel?
1875
Distance of English Channel
34km
Swimming stroke of Matthew Webb
breaststroke
also considered to be a great long-course
swimmer.
Captain Boyton
In 1880, what swimming org was built?
Amateur Swimming Association of Great Britain
1880 main swimming styles in competition
breaststroke and sidestroke
Olympic Games were held in ___ at ____
1896, Athens
First gold medal was won by ____
Alfréd Hajós
Second Olympic Games
Paris, 1900
Woman who crossed English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
When did Ederle cross English Channel? How long did she cross it?
1926, 14hrs 32mins
out of world performance by the US ace swimmer,
Mark Spitz
The greatest star of the 1980s is the four-time Olympic champion in medley (He was the first swimmer in the world to swim the 200-meter course medley within two minutes.)
Tamás Darnyi
The most successful swimmer of all times today
Michael Phelps
Phelps;
Athens- Olympic Games in 2004, he won ____ medals out of which ____ were gold.
eight, six
The _____ introduced swimming as a competitive sport in
the Philippines.
American military men
Nature of Swimming and Aquatics
1.
2.
3.
- Swimming for recreation
- Competitive Swimming
- Health benefits of swimming
Common swimming styles in recreational
swimming are:
breaststroke, backstroke, side stroke and freestyle
The main strokes used are recognized styles, Free, Back, Breast, and butterfly.
Competitive Swimming
In Individual Medley or Medley Relay events, Freestyle means any style other than ____, ______ or ______.
Backstroke, Breaststroke or Butterfly.
it shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn and for a distance of not more than __ meters after the start and each turn.
15
The start in Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Individual Medley races shall be with a ____.
dive
The start in _____ and ______ shall be from the water.
Backstroke; Medley Relay Races
All swimmer must ____ and ____ the race in the _____ in which he/she started.
remain; finish; same lane
All events, a swimmer when turning shall ____.
make physical contact with the end of the pool
Standing on the bottom during freestyle events or freestyle portion of medleys ____.
shall not disqualify a swimmer
____ on the lane rope is not allowed.
Pulling
Order in Medley Event:
Butterfly
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Freestyle
Order in Medley Relay Event:
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly
Freestyle
In 2018, ____ was the second leading cause of unintentional death in children ages 5-9.
Drowning
During the turn and for a distance of not more than ____ after the start and each turn. By that point the head must have broken the surface.
15 meters
Olympic Pools
length:
width:
Length: 50m
Width: 25m
Olympic Pools
Number of lanes:
Lane width:
Olympic Pools
Number of lanes: 8-10
Lane width: 2.5m
Olympic Pools
Depth:
Temperature:
Olympic Pools
Depth: at least 2m
Temperature: 25-28 degree celcius / 77-82 degrees farenheit
Wire cables covered with small plastic buoys or
“floats” that separate each lane.
Marking Lane Lines
In a short course pool, the floats will change color at the _____ mark.
15 meter
In a long course pool, they will change color at the ______ mark.
25m
The cross line on the + should be:
_____ long and
______ below the surface of the water.
0.5 meters
0.3 meters
Each T stops ____ from the wall.
1.6 meters
height of the starting block platform should be;
between ______ above the surface of the water.
0.5 meters and 0.75 meters
The word “swimming” is derived from the Old English term “______” that means “_____”
swim man
To move in or on the water, or to float
5000 BC
The Great Bath
Cave Swimmers
2500 BC
Ancient Roman Pools
300 BC to 100 BC
800 BC
First Recreational Pools
75 AD
Aquae Sulis
First Indoor Swimming Pools open to public
1820s
1862
The first indoor swimming pool
The bath is built of ____.
fine brickwork
Cave and rock art was discovered by ____.
Hungarian explorer Laszlo Almasy
Greek empire built pools for:
bathing and hygienic purposes
In ancient rome;
thermae ( from Greek “____” - _____ )
balnae ( from Greek “____” )
thermos - hot
balaneion
large imperial bath
Thermae
Balneae
smaller-scale facilities
Aquae Sulis means “_____”
The water of Sulis
First public indoor municipal swimming pool opened in ____
England
Aquae Sulis is located in
Britannia
