Swimming Techniques and Safety Tips

This video tutorial provides seven essential swimming rules to enhance safety and confidence in the water. It covers overcoming fear, proper breathing techniques, building comfort with water, effective leg and arm movements, treading water, and swimming underwater. The video concludes with crucial safety tips and a bonus on handling tides. Viewers are encouraged to practice these skills to enjoy swimming safely.

Which of the following celebrities is NOT mentioned as being afraid of water?

• Carmen Electra

• Snoop Dogg

• Sandra Bullock

• Tom Hanks

What percentage of Americans are afraid of deep water?

• 45%

• 30%

• 60%

• 75%

When should you breathe in while swimming?

• When your head is underwater

• When your head is above water

• When you are turning your head

• When you are holding your breath

What should you imagine water as to feel more comfortable?

• A solid ground

• A dangerous enemy

• A good friend

• A wild animal

What is the name of the exercise where you move one leg up and down while holding the side of the pool?

• Breaststroke

• Crawl

• Butterfly

• Backstroke

In the breaststroke, when should you lift your head above the water?

• When holding your breath

• When spreading your arms out

• When pushing forward with your legs

• When turning your head

What motion should your arms make while treading water?

• No motion

• Straight lines

• Circular motions

• Zigzag motions

What shape should your arms form when diving underwater?

• A wide shape

• A narrow shape

• A circular shape

• A square shape

What should you do if you feel pain or dizziness while swimming?

• Ignore it

• Get out of the water immediately

• Swim faster

• Keep swimming

How should you swim to escape a tide pulling you away from the coast?

• Parallel to the shore, then diagonally

• In circles

• Against the tide

• Directly towards the shore