SWIMMING

SWIMMING

Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
1 In swimming, stroke and technique are two
synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
1 In swimming, stroke and technique are two
synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
2 In swimming, freestyle and front crawl are
two synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
2 In swimming, freestyle and front crawl are
two synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
3 In swimming, the term kicking action refers
to leg action.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
3 In swimming, the term kicking action refers
to leg action.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
4 In swimming, the terms stroke and kick
are synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
4 In swimming, the terms stroke and kick
are synonyms.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
5 In swimming, the term freestyle denotes
any competitive event in which swimmers
may freely choose which stroke to swim.
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Do the following TRUE or FALSE test:
5 In swimming, the term freestyle denotes
any competitive event in which swimmers
may freely choose which stroke to swim.
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The most important swimming
techniques are:
• treading water
= the act of stroking with the arms and kicking
with the legs to keep the body afloat in a vertical
position with the head above the water surface
- a popular style of treading water is sculling water

The most important swimming
techniques are:
• sculling water
= a swimmer uses horizontal movements of arms in
the water to keep his/her head above water surface

The most important swimming
techniques are:
• doggy paddle/dog paddle
= a swimmer paddles with his/her arms and hands
while swimming

THERE ARE FOUR
RECOGNIZED STROKES IN
SWIMMING

STROKE
Swimming.
a. a type or method of swimming (tehnika):
The crawl is a rapid stroke.
b. each of the successive movements of
the arms in propelling the body
through the water (zaveslaj).

STROKE
Rowing.
a. a single pull of the oar (povlačenje).
b. the manner or style of moving the oars
(veslanje – ali ne kao sport, već kao
radnja).

STROKE
Sports.
a. a hitting of a ball, as by the swing of a
racquet in tennis (udarac).

STROKE vs KICK
STROKE
- zaveslaj (rukama) .
KICK
- to strike with the foot
- to drive, force, make,
etc., by or as if by
kicks.
- to make a rapid,
forceful thrust with
the foot or feet

The four recognized strokes in
swimming are:
•BREASTSTROKE
• BACKSTROKE
• BUTTERFLY STROKE
• FRONT CRAWL STROKE

•BREASTSTROKE
• BACKSTROKE
- also: BACK CRAWL (STROKE)
• BUTTERFLY STROKE
- frogkicktechnique
- dolphin kick technique
• FRONT CRAWL STROKE

BREASTSTROKE
- a stroke, made in the prone position, in which
both hands move simultaneously forward,
outward, and rearward from in front of the chest
while the legs move in a frog kick.

BACKSTROKE
- a stroke made in the supine position, i.e. while on
one's back.
- a flutter kick.

BUTTERFLY STROKE
- a racing stroke, using
a dolphin kick, in which the
swimmer brings both arms
out of the water in forward,
circular motions.

BUTTERFLY STROKE
- another type of kick is used in this stroke
(nowadays only for practice)
- itis a frog kick – this is not a competitive
style of swimming

FRONT CRAWL STROKE
- a stroke in a prone position, characterized by
alternate overarm movements combined with
the flutter kick.

In MEDLEY EVENTS
(individual medley) …
• … each competitor swims an equal distance of
four different strokes.
The sequence is:
butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

In MEDLEY RELAYS …
• … each swimmer of one team swims one stroke
for the set distance.
The sequence of strokes swum is:
backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

REMEMBER!
Freestyle is either the name of competitive
events in which swimmers are free to
choose how to swim or the name of the
last leg in medley events in which
swimmers are again free to choose how to
swim (apart from the three in medley
events already swum strokes).

REMEMBER!
FREESTYLE and FRONT CRAWL
STROKE are not synonymous.

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

BREASTSTROKE
– LEG MOVEMENT –
Make sentences:

How to execute the flutter kick?
atch 1, 2, 3, .. with a, b, c, … to make sentences
1 In the flutter kick the legs
…
2 The feet are in plantar
flexion, …
3 During the downbeat, the
knee slightly flexes, …
4 During the upbeat, the leg is
kept straight …
a … and the foot kicks down
in a whip-like fashion.
b … are kept parallel and kick
up and down in the water.
c … and the water is pushed
up and away with the
bottom of the foot.
d … which means that they
point away from the body.

How to execute the flutter kick?
atch 1, 2, 3, .. with a, b, c, … to make sentences
1 In the flutter kick the legs
…
2 The feet are in plantar
flexion, …
3 During the downbeat, the
knee slightly flexes, …
4 During the upbeat, the leg is
kept straight …
a … and the foot kicks down
in a whip-like fashion.
b … are kept parallel and kick
up and down in the water.
c … and the water is pushed
up and away with the
bottom of the foot.
d … which means that they
point away from the body.

oy /boi/
buoy /boi/
to buoy up /boi ap/
buoyancy /bojənsi/
buoyant /bojənt/

BUOYANCY
• BUOY
• TO BUOY UP
• BUOYANT

TYPES OF BUOYANCY
• POSITIVE
• NEUTRAL
• NEGATIVE

COXSWAIN (also: cockswain)
1. the steersman of a racing shell.
2. a person who is in charge of a ship's boat and its
crew, under an officer, and who steers it.

- Latin remus oar
ROW

PROPEL
- to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
to propel a boat by rowing.

OPPOSITES
- horizontal
- vertical/perpendicular
- starboard
- port
-bow
-stern