2. Mark Spitz By age 10, Mark earned Jennyo 17 national
age-group records and one world record. Thompsono Won 7 gold medals
at 1972 Olympic games in Munich. o As a 14 yr. old, she won the 50m
freestyle , placed 3rd ino In 1999 Spitz was ranked 100m freestyle
in 1987 Pan Am 33rd in ESPNs Sports Games. Century 50 Greatest
Athletes he was the only o Won 1st world championship in aquatic
athlete to make 1991 as part of USAs winning the list. 4x100 m
freestyle relay team.o Most swimmers are clean o World record set
in 50 and shaven, Mark was 100m freestyle in 1192 rebellious and
swam with Olympics in Barcelona Spain. facial hair. He was well
known for his iconic o Member of the Stanford mustache. University
swim team, NCAA swim champions 4 consecutive years.
3. o An American swimmer who has won 16 Olympic medals 6 Gold
and Two Bronze in Athens in 2004 & 8 Gold at Beijing in 2008. o
Phelps holds the record for most gold medals won in a single
Olympics. o At age 15, he was the youngest American male swimmer at
an Olympics in 68 years.o 2001 Phelps set a world record in the
200m butterfly. He has broken his own record 4 times in his
career.o When learning to swim, Michael was afraid to put his face
in the water, so the first stroke he mastered was backstroke.
4. o Swimming is a healthy activity that can be performed for a
lifetime.o Swimming works practically every muscle in the body.o
Swimming is a great cross-training element to any workout regimen.
It develops great cardiovascular fitness and endurance.o Clearly
swimming is an excellent weight loss program, but you will lose
weight only! You will tone muscles!
5. o Swimming is easy on joints and ligaments, therefore
elderly and arthritic persons can participate. o A very significant
benefit of swimming is the disease it can prevent your body from --
Obesity, Diabetes, High blood sugar levels, High/Low blood pressure
and Chronic heart disease just to name a few. o Swimming is an
excellent source of exercise for pregnant women. The breast stroke,
in particular, builds strong back muscles needed to support a
growing belly.Swimming really does do a body good!
6. Why is what you eat so important? Acceptable Foods At least
8 glassesAfter heredity and training, nutrition plays the largest
role of water a day in the quality of a swimmers performance.
Bananas Orange juicePre-competition meals should be low in fat and
high in carbohydrates. Chicken TurkeyA swimmer gets energy as their
body breaks down carbohydrates. MilkProtein builds cells and make
them stronger. Pasta RiceWater and sports drinks keep the body
hydrated. Pancakes w/o syrupAvoid quick sugar highs, when they wear
off swimmers are tired and Cereal barsweak. AVOID CANDY,Fruits and
vegetables provide many needed vitamins and minerals. SODA AND
FATTY FOODS EAT WELL SWIM WELL!!!
7. The Butterfly, Breast andFreestyle stroke all start fromthe
starting block in aforward motion. Flip turns are required in
Freestyle and Backstroke.
8. Backstroke start is in thewater in a crouched
positionholding onto the startingblock. Butterfly & Breast
stroke Turns Swim into the wall and do a two handed touch, and in
one swift motion head to the other end of the pool.
9. The Backstroke1. Floating on the back in a horizontal
position, kick legs up and down. Keep legs straight, but not
rigid.2. Pivot slightly at waist and rotate the shoulders, windmill
your arms. Keep one arm straight, raise it out of the water from
the waist to a fully extended position. At the same time, the other
arm should be bent and pulling a cupped hand along your side in the
water, from the extended position back down to your side. Your hand
should enter the water pinky-first.3. Keep your head floating back
in the water, eyes looking up. Breathe normally. Blow air out of
your nose to prevent water getting in the nose.4. Be careful not to
hit your head on the pool wall. Most pools have flags hanging about
10 feet from the wall. Count the number of strokes it takes for you
to get from the flags to the wall.
10. Freestyle1. Also called the front crawl or sidestroke.2.
While swimming on your belly, keep legs straight, but not rigid.
Kick up and down continuously.3. Move arms in the a windmill
position opposite each other. While one arm is extended completely
out, the other should be all the way back almost against the side
of the body.4. Keep hands flat, pull the extended arm through the
water beneath the body. Bend arms at the elbow .5. Lift the other
arm out of the water and move it all the way forward as the first
arm is pulling beneath you.6. Breathe on one side by turning the
head to that side as the arm comes out of the water.
11. Breaststroke1. Dive into water with arms fully extended in
front of you, legs directly behind you.2. Push your arms apart so
they create a diagonal with your body.3. Pull elbows into the sides
of the body, then bring hands together in front of the chest.4.
While completing the last step, lift head, neck and upper chest out
of water to breathe.5. Bending knees, bring feet towards your
bottom, toes pointed outward. Make a circular motion with feet
until they meet with legs fully extended once again. This is called
a frog kick.Complete these motions as quickly aspossible.
12. Butterfly1. Hold legs together and extend arms above
head.2. Kick legs up and down in a whipping motion, dolphin kick.3.
Pull both arms simultaneously and symmetrically through the water
beneath the body, along with a big kick.4. Lift head up and breathe
while quickly pulling both arms out of the water and swing them
forward. Head and arms reenter the water together as in a diving
motion.
14. Other swimmers from other teams individuals and relay teams
The clock you always want to beat your best personal time!
15. Swimmers earn points as they swimtheir individual
events.Team scores are accumulated asindividuals and relay teams
swimand earn points.Individual and teams awards arepresented.
16. Starts must be at the Open turns must be used starters
horn. on Butterfly and Breaststroke. Forward starts must be Relay
Medley must be swam used on all strokes in the order of except
backstroke. back, breast, fly and free. When finishing a Flip turns
must be stroke, both hands must used on freestyle and touch the
wall backstroke. simultaneously at, above or below water
level.
17. Two false starts by the If a swimmer is same swimmer
results in submerged longer than 15 disqualification. meters out
from the wall after any start. A swimmer who swims more than one
leg in any Stroke cycle for Breast relay event. stroke is one arm
stroke and one leg kick in that Alternating kicks used order. when
swimming the Butterfly simultaneous Swimmers who are not on kicks
only. (Dolphin kick) the back when finishing the backstroke.