PE 213

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (SWIMMING)

Name: Joanna Marie Maglangit BSN 09/O7/2021
Instructor: Ivy Mae Tabancura

Activity 2
Dear student, discuss on the following questions.

1. How did swimming started?

- History. Archaeological and other evidence shows swimming to have been practiced
as early as 2500 bce in Egypt and thereafter in Assyrian, Greek, and Roman
civilizations. In Greece and Rome swimming was a part of martial training and was,
with the alphabet, also part of elementary education for males.

2. What is the importance of knowing the history of swimming?

- The importance of knowing the history of swimming are to know when did the
swimming first started, what are the rules and regulations that we apply in doing
swimming. There are lot of happenings before swimming become popular in our
present time, it is also important that we should learn what events happened during
the history of swimming in order for all of us to have a knowledge it in because there
are a lot of important scenarios that we should know, to explore some things, and
gain a lot of understanding in the history time in swimming. By going back in history
time can help us to learn more about how swimming is important to all of us.