Swimming Flashcards
Very popular physical activity is a method of movement in the water
Swimming
What does swimming give to the disabled?
Sense of freedom
Where is great bath located?
Pakistan
What is the first swimming pool called?
Great bath
When was swimming part of the first modern olympic games in athens
1896
Who was the first woman in 1926 to swim across he english channel
Gertrude ederle
Who introduced freestyle?
Frederick cavil
What did frederick cavil introduced?
Freestyle or front crawl
What is the world swimming association
Federation internationale natation or FINA
It is done either for training purposes , to hold the swimmer in place for stroke analysis, or to enable swimming in a confined pace
Resistance swimming
What is the goal of competitive swimming
To be the fastest over a given distance in a short amount of time
What are the four competitive strokes?
Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle
Generates the greatest force. Engages chest, lats, and back muscle
Freestyle
Perfect for recovering after an intense workout. Engages back and hamstring
Backstroke
Good strengthening and cardiovascular workout. Engages shoulder, chest, and lat muscles
Breaststroke
Good for fat burning and boosting metabolism. Engages chest, back, core, and shoulder muscles
The butterfly
What is the fastest and the most common stroke
Freestyle
Aka the back crawl a flipped over version freestyle. Breathing is not a big deal since they are Facing upward.
Backtsroke
The slowest among the four and the force is provided by the legs and arm which will remain under the water.
Breaststroke
The most challenging stroke among the four and also called the dolphin stroke
Butterfly
Length of the pool
50 meters (164ft)
Width of the pool
25 meters (82ft)
How many lanes and how wide
10 lanes and at least 2.5 m wide
Lane ropes color
2 Green for lane 1 and 8
4 blue for lanes 2,3,6,7
2 yellow for lanes 4 and 5
Keeps the swimmer’s hair out of the way to reduce drag (latex, silicone, spandex or lycra)
Swim cap
Protective eyewear
Goggles
Used to help kick faster and build strength and technique
Rubber fins
A plastic device to build arm and should strength while refining hand-pulling technique
Hand paddles
A foam board that swimmers use to support the weight of the upper body while they focus on kicking
Kick board
Used at the same time as hand paddles, it support swimmers’ legs (prevent them from kicking) while they focus on pulling .
Pull bouy
A plastic device that helps swimmers breathe while swimming
Snorkel
