PE Flashcards
For ancient Greeks, swimming
was a measure of culture (plato)
First swimming style
Breastroke
Ladies were allowed to swim first in Olympics in year
1912
FINA
Federation internationale de natation
- July 19, 1908
- London, Manchester hotel
- now WORLD AQUATICS
known as front crawl
Freestyle
stroke characterized by alternate stroking of the arms over the water surface and alternating flutter kick
freestyle
In freestyle swimmers may rotate to the ____ and perform a ____and some part of this viewer must touch the wall. The swimmer must finish on the ____
stomach; flip turn; back
This swimming stroke require simultaneous movement of the arms on the same horizontal plane
Breaststroke
The hands are pressed out from in front of the breast in heart shaped pattern and recovered under or on the surface of the water. the kick is a simultaneous somewhat circular motion like the action of a frog
breaststroke
This stroke features a simultaneous recovery of the arms over the water combined with an undulating dolphin kick.
Butterfly
In the individual medley, the swimmer begins with a ____, then changes after one fourth of the race to _______, then ____and finally ____
Butterfly-backstroke-breaststroke-freestyle
For the relay medley what is the order of strokes?
Back-breast-fly-free
Competitive swimwear must be _____and _____
skintight and lightweight
prevents water from getting in the ears
ear plugs
prevent water from getting in the nose
nose clips
protect the eyes from chlorinated water and can improve water visibility
goggles (tinted one protect eyes from sunlight)
keep the body streamlined and protect the hair from chlorinated water
swim caps
used to keep upper body afloat while exercising the lower body
kickboards
used to keep the lower body afloat while exercising the upper body
pull buoys
used to elongate the kick and improve technique and speed; also build upper calf muscles
swim fins
used to increase resistance during arm and hand placement and movements
hand paddles
treatment for poor technique stroke that causes stress on shoulder
- stretch
- correction of stroke
most common injury for swimmers who swim breaststroke
knee injury
treatment for knee injury
- rest from breaststroke
- stretches
common complaint of swimmers with lower back pain is
flip turns are very painful
another complaint for this type of injury is dolphin kicks
back injury
treatment for back injury
- ice after
- rest from turns and kick
- stretch
First aid treatment of drowning
- Reach or throw don;t GO
- keep victim horizontal
- check airway and breathing-CPR if necessary
- call for emergency med help
House bill 3495
Swimming on
