Concept Note#1:

Aquatics
(Water Sports)

Objectives:
a. The learner demonstrates understanding about different water
sports/Aquatics.
b. The learners demonstrate understanding about the benefits of aquatics or
water sports.

AQUATICS
- It is a sport or a pastime performed in or on the water.
LIST OF WATER SPORTS:
1. Water Polo- It is a team sports which the two teams attempt to score
goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team’s goal. Team members:
Seven (7)
2. Diving- is the sport of jumping or falling into the water from a platform or
spring board.
3. Swimming- is an individual or team sports that uses arms and legs to
move the body through water.
4. Sailing- refers to the sport of using wind to power sails and to propel the
boat forward.
5. Canoe-Kayak- a long narrow boat that is pointed and that is move by a
paddle.
6. Rowing and Sculling- the sport of racing in long narrow boats that are
moved by using oars.
7. Water Skiing- is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled
behind a boat or cable.
8. Surfing- is a sport of riding breaking waves toward the shore, by using
surfboard.
9. Scuba Diving- is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, which is completely
independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.