KNSFHP 1178.01 (1 credit)
Pre-requisites:
Students must provide bathing suit
What you will learn:
- Appropriate breathing techniques
- Comfort swimming in deep water
- Water safety
- Swimming terminology
- Basic swimming techniques such as:
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- Bobbing, treading, crawling, elementary backstroke
What to expect:
- Students will have a weekly progression journal
- Classes will be taught predominately in the pool
- Your skills will be evaluated by the instructor
Potential benefits:
- Confidence in swimming and being in deep water
- Upper body strengthening
- Increased flexibility
- Lengthening and strengthening of leg muscles
- Cardiovascular improvement
Fun Facts:
- The most popular freestyle stroke is the crawl, considered the fastest stroke.
- An hour of vigorous swimming will burn up to 650 calories. It burns off more calories than walking or biking.
- Swimming works out all of the body’s major muscles.
- Swimming first became an Olympic event in 1896.
- The first woman to swim the English Channel is Gertrude Ederle, who was actually just a teenager at that time in 1926.
- The first recorded swimming races were held in Japan in 36 B.C.
- The Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a gym.
Sources:
https://www.swimmingpool.com/pool-living/pool-history-facts-and-terms/fun-facts/
https://www.active.com/swimming/articles/9-good-reasons-why-you-should-get-in-the-pool