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Essential Swimming Skills Explained

Swimming is a sport involving propelling oneself through water using arm and leg motions, and it can be practiced individually or as a team. Key skills in swimming include bubbling, floating, and gliding, which are essential for safety and performance. Proper body position, particularly the streamline position, is crucial for improving speed and reducing water drag.
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Essential Swimming Skills Explained

Swimming is a sport involving propelling oneself through water using arm and leg motions, and it can be practiced individually or as a team. Key skills in swimming include bubbling, floating, and gliding, which are essential for safety and performance. Proper body position, particularly the streamline position, is crucial for improving speed and reducing water drag.
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SWIMMING

SWIMMING 3
Question:

What is swimming
sports ?
SWIMMING SPORTS
Swimming is the sport or
activity of propelling oneself
through water with combined
arm and leg motions and the
natural flotation of the body.
Swimming can be both an
individual or team sport.
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Question:

WHY IS SWIMMING
IMPORTANT ?
The ability to swim enables people
to participate in a wide variety of
water sports such as snorkelling,
water skiing, jet skiing, wind
surfing, sailing, boating, fishing,
rowing, and canoeing, without the
fear of getting into trouble, and
reduces the risk of drowning.
Question:

What is skills in
sports ?
Answer:

Skill is an athlete's ability to


choose and perform the right
techniques at the right time,
successfully, regularly and
with a minimum of effort.
Question:

Why learning sports


skills important ?
1. physical skills (form,
movements and techniques).

2. It also helps children to


develop patience

3. understand that it can take a lot


of practice to improve both their
physical skills and what they do in
school.
BUBBLING
SKILLS
Question:

What is bubbling
skills ?
Bubbling

Exhaling a steady
stream of bubbles as
you swim.
Question:

Why is bubbling
important ?
The technique of bubbling
helps swimmers to breathe
properly. When you swim, you
inhale through your mouth
when your face is above
water and exhale through
your mouth or nose when
your face is underwater.
Bubbling skills
MOUTH BUBBLING - Submerge mouth and
blow bubbles

NOSE BUBBLING (HUMMING BUBBLES) -


Make sound from your nose, Submerge
nose and blow bubbles

UNDER WATER BUBBLING - Submerge


head and blow bubbles from your mouth
OR nose
FLOATING
SKILLS
Question:

What is floating
skills in swimming ?
FLOATING
The ability to
stay a float in
water is a basic
skill that allows
swimmers to rest
while staying in
the water.
Question:

How do we float in
the water ?
Floating factors:

- muscle, fat and weight


- air in the lungs
- Relax

The science of swimming. (2018, January 14). Your Personal Swim


Coach. [Link]
Question:

What are the types


of floating ?
Question:

- Front float

- Back float
Question:

Why learning
floating important
skills in swimming ?
Answer:

Floating equips kids with the


ability to roll to their back
and stay at the water's surface,
which places them in an ideal
position to breathe. Floating
also helps the swimmer to
conserve energy, which reduces
the chances of drowning from
physical fatigue. ?
Question:

What is gliding
skills ?
GLIDING SKILLS
Answer:

Gliding means floating and


moving through the water, either
at the surface or underwater,
without assistance or movement
from the arms or legs.
Question:

What are the types


of gliding skills ?
Answer:

- Front glide
- Back glide
- under water glide
Question:

How do we do
gliding ?
Answer:

It usually begins with a


forceful push from the
poolside in order to
generate some propulsion.
FREESTYLE TECHNIQUES
STREAMLINE POSITIONS
Question:
Which one is the correct body
position for freestyle swimming ?

2
Question:

Why body position


important in
swimming?
Body position

The streamline position is the


essential movement a swimmer
makes, and it improves a swimmer’s
speed and performance.
Streamline position
Top view

Side view
Streamline position

hands should be placed on top of one


another,

The swimmer’s arms should be fully extended


to narrow the shoulders.

Head are facing at the bottom of the pool

body should be in a flat and horizontal


position

The swimmer’s legs should be straight and


closed tightly together, with no bend at the
knees

feet should be in a pointed position


Question:

What are the benefits


of proper streamline
position in swimming?
answer:
Less water drag Improves performance

Increase speed on start and turn

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