Basic Swimming

Anne Polette N. Gozarate

BSIT 2-1
Breathing
Examples of
Breathing are:
a. BREATHING - You must exhale while your face is in
the water. So when you turn to breathe, your lungs are
mostly empty and ready to accept a fresh breath of air.
b. Breath Control – while
swimming, you need to
breathe in air. And it is important
to control breathing, depending
on the rhythm of your strokes.
c. Pulling and Breathing - It is
advisable to breathe on one side.
Usually, the favored or preferred
side is called the “breathing
side”. Once you have discovered
your breathing side, the rhythm or
timing of stroke is created.
d. Sculling - A continuous arm
and-hand movement helps you
move in water. The main action
is: a continuous pulling and
pushing on the water surface.
Floats
Floats
“Floating in the water” is simply
need to lift head up in order to
breathe and one should hold
his/her breath for as long as
possible and stay calm or relaxed in
order to float.
Type of Floats:
a. Tuck Float/Turtle Float
b. Jelly Fish Float
c. Prone Float
d. Supine Float
Push Off Glide
• Feet on the floor and bent knees, or flat your feet
against a wall. Hold onto the wall with one
hand for support.
• Breathe and place your face in the water
• Streamline positions of both hands.
at the same time…
• Push off with your feet with straight legs
• Hold that position for as long as you can glide
Push Off Glide
Flutter Kick
The foot needs to be behaved rather like a flipper or fin. Try to do
the kick whilst wearing fins, as it can be a good training for
correcting the kick techniques. When using the fins this will force
the foot to be pointed backwards and also force a more relaxed
legs and knee and also ankle movement.
Flutter Kick