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Swimming Flashcards

1
Q

Very popular physical activity is a method of movement in the water

A

Swimming

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2
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What does swimming give to the disabled?

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Sense of freedom

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3
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Where is great bath located?

A

Pakistan

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4
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What is the first swimming pool called?

A

Great bath

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5
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When was swimming part of the first modern olympic games in athens

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1896

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6
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Who was the first woman in 1926 to swim across he english channel

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Gertrude ederle

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7
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Who introduced freestyle?

A

Frederick cavil

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8
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What did frederick cavil introduced?

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Freestyle or front crawl

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9
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What is the world swimming association

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Federation internationale natation or FINA

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10
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It is done either for training purposes , to hold the swimmer in place for stroke analysis, or to enable swimming in a confined pace

A

Resistance swimming

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11
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What is the goal of competitive swimming

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To be the fastest over a given distance in a short amount of time

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12
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What are the four competitive strokes?

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Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle

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13
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Generates the greatest force. Engages chest, lats, and back muscle

A

Freestyle

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14
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Perfect for recovering after an intense workout. Engages back and hamstring

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Backstroke

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15
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Good strengthening and cardiovascular workout. Engages shoulder, chest, and lat muscles

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Breaststroke

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16
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Good for fat burning and boosting metabolism. Engages chest, back, core, and shoulder muscles

A

The butterfly

17
Q

What is the fastest and the most common stroke

A

Freestyle

18
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Aka the back crawl a flipped over version freestyle. Breathing is not a big deal since they are Facing upward.

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Backtsroke

19
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The slowest among the four and the force is provided by the legs and arm which will remain under the water.

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Breaststroke

20
Q

The most challenging stroke among the four and also called the dolphin stroke

A

Butterfly

21
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Length of the pool

A

50 meters (164ft)

22
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Width of the pool

A

25 meters (82ft)

23
Q

How many lanes and how wide

A

10 lanes and at least 2.5 m wide

24
Q

Lane ropes color

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2 Green for lane 1 and 8
4 blue for lanes 2,3,6,7
2 yellow for lanes 4 and 5

25
Q

Keeps the swimmer’s hair out of the way to reduce drag (latex, silicone, spandex or lycra)

A

Swim cap

26
Q

Protective eyewear

A

Goggles

27
Q

Used to help kick faster and build strength and technique

A

Rubber fins

28
Q

A plastic device to build arm and should strength while refining hand-pulling technique

A

Hand paddles

29
Q

A foam board that swimmers use to support the weight of the upper body while they focus on kicking

A

Kick board

30
Q

Used at the same time as hand paddles, it support swimmers’ legs (prevent them from kicking) while they focus on pulling .

A

Pull bouy

31
Q

A plastic device that helps swimmers breathe while swimming

A

Snorkel

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