Physical Education (2ND SEM - Part II) Last Examination Flashcards
It teaches us about water safety in and around the water. If taught earlier in life it helps with the development of physical skills such as hand eye coordination and muscle tone. Swimming keeps your child’s heart and lungs healthy. Improves strength and flexibility
Aquatics
About___________ of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water.
71 percent
In adult men, about ______ of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue. In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of their bodies made of water.
60%
Demonstrates understanding of recreation in optimizing one’s health as a habit; as requisite for physical activity assessment performance, and as a career opportunity.
Aquatics
Leads recreational events with proficiency and confidence resulting in independent pursuit and in influencing others positively
Aquatics
__________ ismade up of all sport activities in water (swimming, Water polo, diving and synchronized swimming)this are events that take place in water and have deferent rules. Swimming: is based on speed in water, there are deferent events like free style,breast stroke, back stroke and butterfly.
Aquatics
Is defined as activities performed in the water that promote and enhance physical and mental fitness. Aquatic fitness is typically performed in vertical position in shallow and/or deep water. There are numerous applications to appeal to a wide variety of participants
Aquatic Fitness
_________ creates a reduced impact exercise alternative that is easy on the joints, while the water’s resistance challenges the muscles. Water lends itself to a well-balanced workout that improves all major components of physical fitness aerobic training, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
Buoyancy
means that you can be unweighted by as much as 90% when in the water up to neck level.
Buoyancy
One of the most popular aquatic sports is
Swimming
___________ is for everyone no matter what age or level of fitness.
Swimming
2 Popular Aquatics Sports
Competitive Swimming
Recreational Swimming
_______________________ is an activity which involves swimming as its primary mechanism in competing which can either be individual or team based.
Competitive swimming
_________________ occurs when learning swimming and water safety is the main objective of the activity.
Recreational Swimming
Example of Competitive Swimming
Example: World Championships, Olympics
Example of Recreational Swimming
Example: Swimming in the pool (learning the basics of swimming)
In _______________ ignited public interest in swimming when he became the first person to swim across the English Channel. Swimming only breaststroke, it took him more than 21 hours to complete this feat. Thirty-one years would pass before another person would successfully swim across the Channel.
1875, Matthew Webb
1875, Matthew Webb swam more than __ hours to complete in English Tunnel
21 hours
Swimming has been known since prehistoric times to ___________________. Drawings from the Stone Age were found in “the cave of swimmers” near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt.
find food and avoid starvation 2500 BCE
a broad term used for activities done in or on the water
Aquatic
4 Aquatic Recreational Activities
Instruction
Wellness
Recreation
Competition
