SWIMMING What is Swimming?

Brief History 1. Swimming is an activity of propelling oneself

through water using the limbs.
 Swimming can be dated back to the Stone Age,
2. Swimming can be a fun leisure activity and is a
but did not truly become an organized sport
really good low-impact way of staying in shape.
until the early 19th century.
3. Could potentially save your life
An Ancient Discipline
Swimming can be used for:
 Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross
 Fun and recreation
rivers and lakes – we know this because cave
 Sports
paintings from the Stone Age depicting
 Almost for all ages
swimmers have been found in Egypt. Swimming
 Almost for all bodies of water
was also referred to in Greek mythology.
 Almost everyone
Dawn of a sport
Benefits of Swimming
 Swimming was not widely practiced until the
early 19th century, when the National Swimming  Low Impact
Society of Great Britain began to hold o There’s no ground impact when you
competitions. Most early swimmers used the swim, and so you protect the joints from
breaststroke, or a form of it. stress and strain.
 Can be continued for a lifetime
Discovering the Crawl o For age categories of their swim
 Based on a stroke used by native South competitions, you will find a 100-104
Americans, the first version of the crawl age group!
featured a scissor kick. In the late 1880s, an  Builds cardio-respiratory fitness
Englishman named Frederick Cavill travelled to  Builds muscle mass
the South Seas, where he saw the natives o An eight week swimming program, there
performing a crawl with a flutter kick. was a 23.8% increase in the triceps
muscle.
Today, Swimming is the second most popular  Burns calorie
exercise activity in the United States, with approximately Activities Estimate of
360 million annual visits to recreational water venues. calories burned
in 1hr
Olympic History
Swimming slow 450
 Swimming has featured on the program of all Swimming fast 550
editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Backstroke 450
Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or Breaststroke 360
breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904. Freestyle 550
 Women’s swimming became Olympic in 1912 at Butterfly 800
the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been
part of every edition of the Games. The men’s
and women’s programs are almost identical, as  It’s a family affair
they contain the same number of events, with o Swimming and other water activities are
only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 something the entire family can share
meters for women and 1,500 meters for men.
 Swimming is an individual or team racing sport
that requires the use of one's entire body to
move through water. The sport takes place in
pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake).
Swimming with disabilities? BENEFITS OF SWIMMING

• Swimming is an activity for virtually anyone who 1) Provides the overall fitness
has the will and desire to do so 2) Increases alertness and improves self- esteem
3) Delays the aging process
What to use in swimming?
4) Develops the maintenance of vital organ.
• Proper swimwear 5) Reduces the risks of developing heart diseases,
• Goggles (if needed) and other illnesses and ailments.
• Bathing caps 6) Decrease stress.
• Flotation devices and other stuff 7) Provides life – long satisfaction and
o Kickboards competitions.
o Noodles 8) Serves as the best therapy for physical and
o Hand paddles mental disabilities.
9) Provides general health, for it speeds up
Competitive swimming is one of the most recovery.
popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in 10) Helps one to live a longer and fuller life.
butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and 11) Gives us a special refreshing and sensual
individual medley. In addition to these individual events, experience.
four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or 12) Gives us a special hydrotherapy exercise.
medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers 13) Gives buoyancy support and cushions to the
who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as entire body.
backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. 14) Helps build muscles strength and tone.
15) Stimulates the circulation and increases the flow
of oxygen.
SYSTEM OF BODY THAT CAN DEVELOPED BY SWIMMING 16) 16. Controls weight and percentages of body fat
Muscular System

Develop when a swimmers body has been

shaped into proportion or equilibrium.

Respiratory System

Swimming promotes proper breathing of air.

Circulatory System

Refers to cardio-vascular endurance which the

hearth is major part that helps to expand proper
circulation of the blood