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PEDH Swimming Activity

Aquatics involve activities done in water such as swimming. Swimming is a sport that aims to travel a distance in the least time using specific strokes. The four main strokes are breaststroke, freestyle or crawl, backstroke, and butterfly. Swimming provides health benefits like keeping the heart rate up, building muscle strength and endurance, and toning the body with an all-over workout. It can also be relaxing, alleviate stress, improve coordination and flexibility, and provide low-impact exercise or therapy.

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PEDH Swimming Activity

Aquatics involve activities done in water such as swimming. Swimming is a sport that aims to travel a distance in the least time using specific strokes. The four main strokes are breaststroke, freestyle or crawl, backstroke, and butterfly. Swimming provides health benefits like keeping the heart rate up, building muscle strength and endurance, and toning the body with an all-over workout. It can also be relaxing, alleviate stress, improve coordination and flexibility, and provide low-impact exercise or therapy.

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WHAT ARE AQUATICS?

- It is the upward force of the water on an object. This is the reason why boats and people float on
water. It also gives a weightless feeling, which makes it easier to move, lift knees or even jog in water.
- Are activities done in water like swimming, and can be defined as motor activities performed in water
for purposes that may be utilitarian, competitive, educational, therapeutic, or recreational.
WHAT IS SWIMMING?
- Is a sport that consists of swimming and aims to travel a certain distance in the least possible time and
may have to use a specific swimming style.
 HISTORY
- Swimming activity has been around for thousands of years. There are engravings that show people in
the middle of the water supposed to swim, taking as date 7000 AC
- In ancient Greece, swimming has become a prerequisite for becoming a soldier so that they can
improve their fitness.
- Over the years, several cultures have given some relevance to swimming activity, but none have made
it very popular. In the seventeenth century, the Japanese began to take swimming lessons at school
compulsory.
- It was only in the nineteenth century that the West really began to give some value to this activity,
and over the years new styles of swimming emerged until it finally became a regulated export.
- Swimming is an Olympic modality since the first Games of the modern era and since then the export
has evolved greatly and has had different champions and records achieved.
DIFFERENT STROKES OF SWIMMING
 BREASTSTROKE

- This is considered the oldest style there is. It consists of the athlete being with the chest facing down
and makes a movement where he pushes the two arms forward at the same time and then opens
them, simultaneously doing the same with the legs. The easiest way to understand it is to imagine
open and close scissors.
 CRAWL

- In the Crawl, the swimmer is facedown and makes a circular movement with the arms, alternating the
left with the right, almost like two propellers. The legs also make a synchronized up / down movement
alternately.
- Curiously, this style has no associated evidence, but in the freestyle where it is allowed to make the
race with any style, the crawl is used by everyone because it is with which you can achieve higher
speeds.
 BACKSTROKE
- This style has everything equal to that of the crawl in movements of arms and legs, having only the
peculiarity of being done of back (the sweep facing upwards).
 BUTTERFLY
- Here the athlete is boosted by using both arms simultaneously, almost like the movement of being
diving. The feet stand together and make a simultaneous up-and-down movement, similar to a
dolphin’s fin.
BENEFITS OF SWIMMING
- Swimming is a great workout because you need to move your whole body against the resistance of the
water.
- Swimming is a good all-round activity because it:
 HEALTH BENEFITS
1. Keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body
2. Builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
3. Helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs
4. Tones muscle and builds strength
5. Provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.
 OTHER BENEFITS
1. Being a relaxing and peaceful form of exercise
2. Alleviating stress
3.
4. Improving coordination, balance and posture
5. Improving flexibility
6. Providing good low-impact therapy for some injuries and conditions
7. Providing a pleasant way to cool down on a hot day
8. Being available in many places – you can swim in swimming pools, beaches, lakes, dams and rivers.
Make sure that the environment you choose to swim in is safe.
PEDH ACTIVITY #1
ROASA, RODOLFO JR. K.
11-18-29

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