OBJECTIVES:

 Discuss the History of Swimming and Aquatics.

 Understand the different safety measures of
swimming.
 Understand the benefits of Swimming.
 Demonstrate the different kinds of strokes.
 Define the use of different swimming materials.
SWIMMING and
AQUATICS
SUBJECT CODE: PE206
HISTORY OF SWIMMING AS A SPORT

 Swimming as an activity has been around since the dawn

of life, as it is a required action for the survival of many
species. Humans have known how to swim for the entirety
of our history, and throughout the years we have learned
how to refine our swimming skills to help us conquer the
water.
1515- the first competitions of swimmers
1869- in England was opened the first amateur school for
swimming. A little later, such schools appeared in many
cities.
1896 swimming was included in the program of the
Olympic Games
1899- the "European Championship".
 In Russia the first competition took place in 1913.
1844 – two members of the Native American Ojibwa Tribe named the
flying gull and Tobacco travelled to England to compete and won and
become National celebrities.
Competitive swimming began in England.
1862 – Swimming meet in London.
1866 – Swimming for man was included in the First Modern Olympic
Games in Athens.
1880 – J Arthur Trudgen, refined the crawl stroke.
1906 – Charles Daniels developed the American crawl which was
molded after the Australian crawl.
1912 – women started to compete in Olympic Swimming held in
Stockholm.
1980 – American Swimmer David Berkoff perfected a technique
called underwater dolphin.
1997 – Australia’s Susie Maroney 1st person to swim the 169 km
(105-mi) straight between Havana and Cuba and Key West,
Florida.
1999 – Maroney swan the 196 km (100 mi) distance from
Jamaica to Cuba.
August 24 and 25, 1875 – Matthew Webb of England swam
across the England Channel using breaststroke, paving the way
to open water swimming.
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF
SWIMMING IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 American Military men introduced swimming
as a comparative sport in the country. Through the
pioneering efforts of YMCA leaders.

1907 - The sports impressed upon the Filipino

who saw first swimming pool in the country of
Fort McKinley YMCA.

1910 – first dual swimming meet between

Manila and Fort McKinley YMCA marked the
formal inception in the PH of swimming as
competitive sport.
1931 – University of the Philippines won the National Women’s
Swimming Championship meet at the Rizal Memorial Pool
1934 – PWU women’s team won the championship.

Women’s participation in swimming competitions were

held yearly since then.
Swimming competition were suspended
during the Japanese occupation.
1948 – Swimming competitions were resumed.
1951 – 1st Asian Games held in New Delhi and gave the Filipino
swimmers the opportunity to participate once again in International
Competition. (Artemio Salamat, Jacinto Cayco and Nurhatab Rajab.
1954 – 2nd Asian Games were held in Manila. Our swimmers who
earned honors for our country were Parson Nabiula, Amado Jimenez,
Robert Cullinis, Haydee Coloso and Jacinto Cayco
Swimming competition were suspended
during the Japanese occupation.
1958 – 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo. Bana Sailani, Walter
Brown, Rodolfo Agustin, Lorenzo Cortez, Haydee Coloso
and Joselyn Von Geise brought honors to the country.
1962 – 4th Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia marked
another significant victory for Filipino swimmers (2 nd place)
Haydee Espino, Gertrudes Lozada, Sampang Hassan and
Rolando Landrito.
Introduction
Swimming and Aquatics
SWIMMING – an activity in which body is propelled through
water by specific movement of arms and the legs called strokes.
• Freestyle
• Breast Stroke
• Back Stroke
• Butterfly
• Sidestroke
SWIMMING
FACILITIES
The facilities used for swimming are:
• Swimming pool

• Swimming bath

• Wading pool

• Paddling pool

• Or a container filled with water intended for swimming or

water based recreation.
SAFETY HEALTH AND
SANITATION
Example of swimming pools rules and regulations:
1. Wear proper swimming attire

2. Take a shower before going to the swimming pool.

3. Do not eat and smoke within the deck or pool area.

4. Do not urinate in the water.

5. Do not spit in the water, spit in the gutter.

HAZARD AND SAFETY
MEASURES
 Individuals should not swim in conditions that their ability
and experience will not allow them to handle. These hazards
includes:

 Misjudging a dive and hitting one’s head in the bottom.

 Holding one’s breathe too long
 Experience sudden cramps while too far from the shore or
other swimmer.
In rivers or oceans, all swimmers should
respect the power of nature.

 Powerful waves, tides and currents can easily

overpower even most experienced swimmer, sweeping
them beyond safety.

 Caves pose additional danger because

swimmers can be trapped inside them.
Swimmer must follow instructions of
lifeguards.

 Obey posted information about water

conditions, tides and other dangers.
SAFETY
PRECAUTIO
NS
Keep an eye on friends and family.
Swim in designated swimming area.
Follow the Rules and Regulations set at the pool.
Swim near the shore.
Never swim alone, use buddy system.
Learn basic strokes, and basic survival technique.
Learn to help a drowning victim. Practice and learn the “ Reach,
Throw, Tow and Go”.
Learn basic life support technique or CARE (Compression,
Airway, Resuscitation and External defibrillation method.
Wear approved personal floating device/ life jacket
Have safety and emergency action plans.
Make sure swimmers understand the SAFE principle.
SAFE
PRINCIPLES
 To encounter the tendency to panic when unexpectedly
entering the water, all swimmers should be familiar with the
SAFE principle
S – slow, easy movements – critical for energy conservation

A – apply natural buoyancy – let the water support your body.

F – full lung inflation – this help maintain buoyancy

E – extreme relaxation – this ensures more control and

composure
ACTIVITY