Swimming is a popular recreational activity that can be enjoyed by all ages. The history of swimming dates back to 2500 BC, practiced for recreation, health, and sport. There are four main competitive strokes - front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Michael Phelps is considered the most decorated Olympian of all time with 43 awards and honors in swimming. Swimming provides social, physical, and psychological benefits and was an important part of physical education curriculums in the 19th century.

2. What is Swimming?
One of the most popular
recreational sport that can be
enjoyed by all ages and both gende
“Self propulsion of a person through
the water”
Breath-holding

3. History
1. Has been practiced in early 2500 BC
2. Greece and Rome, education for
males.
3. Japan, evidence of swimming races
during 1st Century and 17th century

4. Origins

5. Purpose
Recreation
Health
Sport
Occupation
Locomotion

6. Physic
Relies on the natural
buoyancy of the human body.
Floating
Move -> Propulsion

7. Risk
Panic
Exhaustion

8. Clothing Equipment
Main:
Swimsuit /
Wetsuit
Goggles
Nose-clips
Swim caps
Swimming boards
Ear plugs
Swimfins

9. Strokes
A method of
moving the
arms and legs
to push against
the water and
propel the
swimmer
forward.
• Doggy Paddle
• Main:
– Front Crawl
– Breast-stroke
– Back-stroke
– Butterfly
• Other

10. Competitive Swimming
• Started aroud 1800 in Europe
• Breast-stroke
• 1873, John Arthur Trudgen introduced swimming
competitions
• 1896, Swimming included in Olympic Games in Athens
• 1908, FINA

11. Michael Phelps
–June 10th 1985
–Olympic gold medalist
–43 awards and honors
–39 world records

12. Benefits
•Social
•Physical
•Physicological

13. Nutrition
• It requires a large amount of
carbohydrates
• Consume a light meal before
• Consume well-balanced meal
afterwards

14. Long Distance Swimming
• Matthew Web, 1st person to swim across
the English channel without any aid. 21
hours and 45 minutes.
• Gertrude Ederle, 1st woman to swim the
English Channel. 14 hours and 31 minutes
at the age of 19.
• Guy Delage, 1st person to swim across the
Atlantic Ocean with the help of board
• Benoit Lecomte, 1st man to swim across
the Atlantic without any board in 1998.

15. Lesson
• Compulsory part
of the educational
curriculum
• Independently > 4
years old
• Supported by
government
• Swimming
instruction
programs for
live-saving in
Great Britain (19th
Century)
• US, American Red
Cross started to

16. Countries

19. Races

23. Front-Crawl
• Fastest movement
• Long axis stroke
• Referred to as the
American crawl or
Australian crawl

24. Back-stroke
• Long axis stroke
• Develop in 20th
century
• Motion:
– Roll your
shoulders one at a
time
– One foot kicks
after another

25. Butterfly
• Fly style
• Short axis stroke
• Simple but use
most energy
• Motion:
– Pull both arms
down towards
yourself
– Chest press down
to the bottom of
the pool
– Legs come up to
• Mostly used in
competition

26. Breast-stroke
• Complicated
• Oldest
• Motion:
–Frog kick
movement
–Arms bend
backwards
–Short axis