By: Nathania Rizky Febrita / 3SC2

SWIMMING

What is Swimming?

One of the most popular recreational sport that can be enjoyed by all ages

and both gende

“Self propulsion of a person through the water”

Breath-holding

History

1. Has been practiced in early 2500 BC

2. Greece and Rome, education for males.

3. Japan, evidence of swimming races

during 1st Century and 17th century

was made compulsory in schools

Origins

Purpose

Recreation

Health

Sport

Occupation

Locomotion

PhysicRelies on the natural buoyancy

of the human body.

Floating

Move -> Propulsion

Risk

Panic

Exhaustion

Clothing Equipment

Main:Swimsuit / W

etsuitGoggles

Nose-clipsSwim capsSwimming boardsEar plugsSwimfins

Strokes

A method of moving the

arms and legs to push against the water and

propel the swimmer forward.

• Doggy Paddle• Main:– Front Crawl– Breast-stroke– Back-stroke– Butterfly

• Other

Competitive Swimming

• Started aroud 1800 in Europe

• Breast-stroke

• 1873, John Arthur Trudgen introduced swimming

competitions

• 1896, Swimming included in Olympic Games in Athens

• 1908, FINA

Michael Phelps–June 10th 1985–Olympic gold medalist–43 awards and honors–39 world records

Benefits•Social•Physical

•Physicological

Nutrition

• It requires a large amount of

carbohydrates

• Consume a light meal before

• Consume well-balanced meal

afterwards

• Peanuts -> important

Long Distance Swimming

• Matthew Web, 1st person to swim across the English channel without any aid. 21 hours and 45 minutes.

• Gertrude Ederle, 1st woman to swim the English Channel. 14 hours and 31 minutes at the age of 19.

• Guy Delage, 1st person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean with the help of board

• Benoit Lecomte, 1st man to swim across the Atlantic without any board in 1998.

Lesson• Compulsory part of the

educational curriculum

• Independently > 4

years old

• Supported by

government

• Local swimming pools

• Swimming school

• Swimming instruction

programs for live-

saving in Great Britain

(19th Century)

• US, American Red

Cross started to

instruct swimming

(1916)

Countries

Races

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Front-Crawl

• Fastest movement• Long axis stroke• Referred to as the

American crawl or Australian crawl

Back-stroke

• Long axis stroke• Develop in 20th

century• Motion:– Roll your shoulders

one at a time– One foot kicks after

another

Butterfly

• Fly style• Short axis stroke• Simple but use most

energy• Motion:

– Pull both arms down towards yourself

– Chest press down to the bottom of the pool

– Legs come up to the surface and push

• Mostly used in competition

Breast-stroke

• Complicated• Oldest• Motion:–Frog kick movement–Arms bend backwards–Short axis stroke