The document discusses the history of swimming as a sport from its origins to modern competitions, safety measures for swimming including rules for facilities and precautions for hazards, and the benefits of swimming including different strokes and use of materials. It provides objectives for understanding the history and development of swimming as well as safety, defines key terms, and outlines the historical background of swimming in the Philippines.
The document discusses the history of swimming as a sport from its origins to modern competitions, safety measures for swimming including rules for facilities and precautions for hazards, and the benefits of swimming including different strokes and use of materials. It provides objectives for understanding the history and development of swimming as well as safety, defines key terms, and outlines the historical background of swimming in the Philippines.
The document discusses the history of swimming as a sport from its origins to modern competitions, safety measures for swimming including rules for facilities and precautions for hazards, and the benefits of swimming including different strokes and use of materials. It provides objectives for understanding the history and development of swimming as well as safety, defines key terms, and outlines the historical background of swimming in the Philippines.
The document discusses the history of swimming as a sport from its origins to modern competitions, safety measures for swimming including rules for facilities and precautions for hazards, and the benefits of swimming including different strokes and use of materials. It provides objectives for understanding the history and development of swimming as well as safety, defines key terms, and outlines the historical background of swimming in the Philippines.
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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