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Swimming in Oregon
Swimming is an important skill to learn in Oregon because the state is surrounded
by water.
There are may different sports that are grounded in swimming such as water skiing,
wakeboarding, kayaking and wind surfing.
Children can begin swim lessons in Oregon when they are six months old.
Wind Surfing
Kayaking
Competitive Swimming
Competitive swimming is a very popular sport in Oregon.
The sport is gaining popularity because it is an Olympic Year.
The United States is home to some of the fastest swimmers in the world. Many swimmers
come to the United States to train with American coaches.
Inga de Bruijn, a swimmer from the Netherlands, is a World Record holder. She trains in
Portland, Oregon Tualatin Hills Swim Team.
The Northwest is also home to Megan Quann, an Olympic Gold Medalist.
Inga de
Bruijn
Megan Quann
Competitive Swimming in Portland
Portland has 11 public pools and each pool has a summer
swim team.
All public and privet high schools in Portland offer swim
programs in the winter.
There are 8 privet swim clubs in Portland. These swim
clubs offer elite training opportunities for swimmers in
Oregon.
Some privet colleges in Oregon have swim teams including
Willamette University and Lynnfield University.
Strokes
There are four main strokes in Swimming
Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle
When all of these strokes are put together they make the
individual medley
Swimmers compete in races that range from 50 meters to 1500
meters
Breaststroke
Freestyle
Butterfly Backstroke
Breaststroke and Butterfly
Breaststroke and butterfly are shot access strokes. Here is how to swim them.
Keep your legs straight, but not rigid, Floating on you back, kick your legs up and
with your toes pointed out, and kick up down. Keep your legs straight, but not
and down. Continue kicking the entire
entirely rigid. Your toes should be pointed
time.
out. Try not to make a big splash with your
kick.
Move your arms in a windmill motion
opposite each other. While one arm is
extended completely out, the other Rotating your shoulders, move you arm in a
should be all the way back, almost windmill motion. Keep one arm straight as
against the side of your body. you raise it out of the water . At the same
time, the other arm should be bent and
Lift your other arm out of the water pulling a cupped hand along your side in
and move it all the way forward.. Bend
the water. Your hand should enter the
at the elbow and drag your fingertips
along the surface of the water. Enter water pinky-first.
the water with your fingertips and
completely extend the arm. Keep your head floating back in the water,
with your eyes looking up. Breathe
Breathe on one side by turning your normally.
head to that side as the arm comes
out of the water.
Athlete Focus
Robert Ellertson is the fastest
sprint Freestyle in Oregon.
He trains with the Portland
Aquatic Club and he has
trained at the Olympic
Training Center in Salt Lake
City
Robert trains between 4 and
5 hours per day.
Robert also swims for Grant
High School, teaches swim
lessons and coaches a
Summer Swim Team.
Robert Swimming at the State Championships
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