Basic Skills in Swimming Flashcards
The force that enables a swimmer to float in water, even when still.
Buoyancy
This determines how an individual floats.
Buoyant force and pull of gravity
This prepares chest for swimming, helps you relax, releases tension in being underwater, and regain your regular breathing.
Breath control through Bobbing
True or False:
Buoyancy varies considerable between swimmers
True
Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Bobbing):
I. Return to the surface and repeat the preceeding steps 10 times
II. Close your mouth while submerging your head slowly into the water
III. When your face is underwater, exhale through your nose
IV. Get some air by inhaling through the mouth while your face is above the water
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This float is aptly named for its proper execution, as it looks like a jellyfish bobbing in the water.
Jellyfish float
The technique is quite straightforward. Standing in waist-deep water, the swimmer takes a deep breath, puts his face in the water, arms hanging down, and allows the water to support the body.
Jellyfish float
Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Jellyfish Float):
I. Try to relax every muscle in your body and just float peacefully.
II. Take a deep breath and hold it, relax, bend at the waist, and lean forward into the water, reaching toward the bottom
III. Begin standing in the water, at least waist-deep
IV. Allow your arms and your legs to dangle.
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Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Recovery in Jellyfish Float):
I. Release the air through your nose underwater.
II. Pull your hands toward your body.
III. Place your feet on the floor for a standing position.
IV. Slowly lift your head up
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Involves bringing the knees to the chest, submerging the face, and hugging the legs.
Turtle/tucked/mushroom float
It is a preliminary skill for somersaulting and is also useful for developing confidence
Turtle/tucked/mushroom float
True or False:
A tucked float position feels wobbly and triggers a feeling of tipping over
True
Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Execution of Turtle Float):
I. Roll up into a ball, bend the left knee slightly, and grasp the left knee with the left hand/bring your knees to your chest and hold them with your hands.
II. Submerge yourself into the water.
III. Breathe in and hold your breath.
IV. Stand in the shallow end of the pool.
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Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Recovery of Turtle Float):
I. Push down your feet on the water slowly while pulling your hands toward your body.
II. Slowly lift your head up.
III. Exhale the air through your nose underwater.
IV. Place your feet on the floor for a standing position.
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It is the basic position in swimming. It helps you to come in the water with horizontal body position.
Front float
This is important because when you move through the water, there is less resistance than if you are dragging your feet right behind you.
Front float
Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Front Float):
I. Relax your muscles.
II. Let one hand hold the edge of the pool
III. Allow your hips to rise out to the surface of the water.
IV. Spread your arms and legs out wide.
V. Take a deep breath, close your mouth and place your face slowly in the water with your eyes on the floor.
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Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Recovery in Front Float):
I. Push down on the water while pulling your hands toward your body.
II. Place your feet on the floor for a standing position.
III. Release the air through your nose and slowly lift your head up
IV. Bend your knees
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Also considered a survival position because it is the most relaxing and safest.
Back Float
When your legs begin to cramp and you have difficulty moving or kick, this is your only option.
Back Float
What swimming skill/float will you do when you think you are in a dangerous area or you did not realize that you had gone to the deep side of the pool and you are losing your strength
Back Float
This will enable you to breathe and not worry about sinking and the possibility of drowning.
Back Float
Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Back Float):
I. Let the head fall back and look up to the sky/above.
II. Spread your arms and legs out wide.
III. Raise your chin, chest, and hips up.
IV. Let one hand hold the edge of the pool then lay back on the water.
V. If necessary, lightly kick your legs to keep them up and float.
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Arrange in chronological order (Steps in Recovery of Back Float):
I. Bring your knees up toward your chest.
II. Lift your head up.
III. When your hips start to lower, hold your hands down to push or lift/forward the body keeping your palms facing in a direction that your arms are pulling.
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A swimming technique that is used underwater in every stroke. At the start of a race or on a turn, this form is used, usually along with a dolphin kick or flutter kick, to create the least amount of resistance to help the swimmer propel as far as they can.
Streamline Position
This consists of a person placing a hand over hand, fingers over fingers and raising their arms above their head so the biceps are tucked close to the ears
Streamline Position
This performed by pushing off the wall with your hands/feet extended out in front of you, palms overlapped each other and your arms clipped to your ears. Legs on the other hand should be together with your toes pointed behind you
Streamline Glide
True or False:
In a streamline glide, the goal is to have a clean entry and maximize forward speed by not going too deep. Your hands should enter before your back, and your back should enter before your legs
True
A basic skill in swimming, used to stabilize and propel your body forward in the water with your legs
Flutter Kick
One of the most important technical elements for balance and propulsion
Kicking
Kicking movement used in both swimming and exercise
Flutter Kick
True or False:
The flutter kick is commonly used in different strokes, like freestyle or backstroke.
True
