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Swimming 1

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:
    • 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

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PAES Building; 305 Annie and John Glenn Ave Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-2606| Email Jae Westfall

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