Swimming has been an integral part of my life since I was nine years old. I have swam on four different teams and have had several different coaches. My high school swimming experience has been particularly significant to me and can be accurately described by a quote in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The quote, “It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone,” (Achebe) can be used to describe my high school swimming career. Freshman and Sophomore year I experienced personal
children die every year from drowning and this is absolutely unacceptable. Swimming is a skill the vast majority of people have, but for the few that don't, it can be tragic. Drowning and obesity are all too common these days, these two problems in particular can be fixed from swimming. Swimming is an essential skill that everyone needs to know, as a result of this schools should take it upon themselves to teach swimming in schools. The first point that needs to be established is the problem of drowning
me as I crouch forward on the swimming starting platform. Every muscle in my body is tingling and aching to dive forward and to feel the cool water swallow me before I race forward. When I was younger, my father would enter me into any triathlon that was available for my age. I would travel all around Georgia and South Carolina competing in the straining contest of swimming, biking, and running. As my life progressed, I focused more on the sport of competitive swimming. While growing up, I swam for
found in Egypt depicting people swimming date back to 2500 BCE. Little did the egyptians know how big the sport of swimming would become. Benjamin Franklin invented swimming fins, the first diving board in England was at Highgate Ponds in 1893, swimming became an olympic sport in 1896, swimming in the olympics began as a mens only competition and in 1912 women were allowed to participate. Not only did swimming become a big deal, it became such an important sport. Swimming is the most beneficial sport
strengthening workout, swimming can provide all that and more. The most common swimming strokes are the crawl, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and sidestroke. There are many physical and mental benefits of swimming. It is an excellent way to burn lots of calories, build muscles and increase endurance. It can also improve cardiovascular conditioning, and because it is low impact, it is gentle on the joints. Swimming can also be quite relaxing because the movements are rhythmic. Swimming is a total
although this might not seem like much it is predicted that the average temperature is going to rise faster because of the thickness of the atmosphere only getting worse, USA is affected more by climate change because of its massive population and the high car count and factories pumping out CO2 into the atmosphere. What is exertional heat illness? exertional heat illness can be across a variety of symptoms including muscle cramps, fainting, dizziness, crankiness,
Swimming is an activity that’s been around for a long time. Some of its first forms have been in ancient caves that have illustrations of people swimming. Some others include in the Greek epic poems “The Illiad” and “The Odyssey.” During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, swimming began to be a structured activity and later on in history became a popular sport. In 1896, it was a portion of the Olympics in Athens, Greece and it continues to be part of the summer Olympics. Currently, swimming
Guest Post Keywords: Omaha Swimming Lessons Exposing the Common Myths about Swimming Swimming involves numerous techniques, strategies and practices. Different individuals think and feel differently about swimming. Consequently, the concepts, notions and ideas regarding swimming vary greatly. If you have been learning and practicing swimming for quite some time now, you must have come across contradictory opinions and judgments about both swimming and swimmers. Now, while it is perfectly OK to hold
Self-Portrait through Swimming Growing up, my dad always used to brag that my sister and I started learning how to swim the moment we were out of our diapers. Being a former swimming champion, he considered swimming to be just as important as breathing. Since our house was just an hour away from the beach, he would take us there every Saturday and personally teach us the different strokes. In grade school, I joined the swim team and participated in several meets. Midway through high school, I had to give
help him learn, it is swimming. Swimming has been proved to be one of the best exercises for children and adults alike and there are several reasons why it is necessary that your kid starts to learn swimming as early as possible. If the idea sounds convincing but if you are not sure about whether you should let him/her go in the waters, let him/her join the Pearland swim club and get trained by the best experts. Here, take a look at some of the top reasons why learning swimming is must for your kid