MIDTERM: Swimming

Arrange the letters according to the procedure on how you are going to bob in water.

A. Hold onto the overflow trough or the pool wall

in chest-deep water.

B. Take a breath.

C. Bend the knees and fully submerge the head,

then straighten the legs and resurface.

D. While coming back up, gently exhale through

the mouth and nose.

E. Inhale when the mouth rises above the surface

of the water.

F. Repeat this movement until comfortable.

G. Move to chin-deep water and practice bobbing

away from the wall.

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• ABCDEFG

• BADCGEF

• EABCFDG

TRUE or FALSE:

Beginning swimmers should only enter the water feet first.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This float is especially useful for survival. One of the main benefits of this is that the mouth stays above water throughout.

• Tuck Float

• Back Float

• Jellyfish Float

• Front Float

This float is similar to the jellyfish float. Sinking a few inches is possible before getting into the final position. If any sinking takes place, the shoulders will eventually rise slowly toward the surface until they are just above or below the surface of the water.

• Tuck Float

• Back Float

• Jellyfish Float

• Front Float

This float helps demonstrate buoyancy.

• Tuck Float

• Back Float

• Jellyfish Float

• Front Float

This float helps beginning swimmers become more comfortable in a horizontal position. It is easier to learn this skill in water that is shallow enough to reach the bottom surface with the hands.

• Tuck Float

• Back Float

• Jellyfish Float

• Front Float

1. Begin in the front float position and push off the side or bottom with the feet to move forward in a streamlined position (front glide)

2. Glide until the momentum slows to swimming speed and then start swimming.

What type of glide am I referring to?

• Front Glide

• Back Glide

1. Begin in the back float position and push off the

side or bottom with the feet to move forward in

a streamlined position

2. Glide until the momentum slows to swimming

speed and then start swimming.

What glide am I referring to?

• Front Glide

• Back Glide

___________ is a way to move through the water using a pushing motion with the arms. This technique can also be used to help stay at the surface of the water while floating on the back.

• Gliding

• Finning

• Sculling

• Water Treading

Arrange the number according to how finning is done.

1. Move into a back float position with the head back and arms at the side. The hands are relaxed

under the surface of the water with the palms facing the bottom of the pool.

2. Bend the elbows and slowly move the hands out from the side.

3. Flex the wrists and push the water with the palms toward the feet in a short stroke. Arm movements may be simultaneous or slightly alternating.

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