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Intro to Swimming

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Swimming can be dated back to the Stone Age,

but did not truly become

an organized sport until the early (a)   .

2.

It was the first association that organized a swimming competition.

a)

Native Swimming Society of Great Britain

b)

National Swimming Society of Great Britain

c)

National Swimming Association of Great Britain

d)

National Swimming League of Great Britain

3.

It was the first swimming stroke discovered and used upon the native people.

a)

Dog Crawl

b)

Freestyle

c)

Breaststroke

d)

Backstroke

4.

Based on a stroke used by native South Americans,

the first version of the crawl featured a (a)   kick.

5.

In the late 1880s, an Englishman named _________________

travelled to the South Seas, where he saw the natives performing a crawl with a flutter kick.

a)

Frederick Caville

b)

Fredrich Caville

c)

Frederick Campville

d)

Frederick Cavill

6.

Swimming has featured on the program of all editions of the Olympic Games since _________.

a)

1897

b)

1986

c)

1896

d)

1987

7.

The very first Olympic events

were ____________ or _____________.

a)

backstroke

b)

freestyle (crawl)

c)

frog kick

d)

breaststroke

8.

(a)  

is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

9.

The four strokes used in

Competitive Swimming

a)

Backstroke

b)

Butterfly

c)

Freestyle

d)

Breaststroke

e)

Scissor Kick

10.

A

(a)  

consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke,

ordered as backstroke, breaststroke,

butterfly and freestyle.

11.

Swimming can be used for:

a)

Fun and recreation

b)

Relaxation

c)

Sports

d)

Rescue / Saving Lives

e)

Survival

12.

Estimate count of calories burned in one hour when you do Butterfly

(a)  

13.

Estimate count of calories burned in one hour when you do slow Swimming

(a)  

14.

The Game/Competition specifically designed for the specially-abled people

(a)  

15.

Equipment used in Swimming Class

a)

Swimwear

b)

Goggles

c)

Bathing/Swimming Caps

d)

Kickboard

e)

Shower

16.

System of the body that can developed in Swimming:


when a swimmers body has been shaped into proportion or equilibrium

(a)  

17.

System of the body that can developed in Swimming:


Swimming promotes

proper breathing of air.

(a)  

18.

System of the body that can be developed in Swimming:


Refers to cardio-vascular endurance which the heart is a major part that helps to expand

proper circulation of the blood

(a)  

19.

Benefits of Swimming:

a)

Strengthen the risks of developing heart diseases, and other illnesses and ailments

b)

Increases alertness and improves self- esteem

c)

Provides general health, for it speeds up recovery

d)

Gives buoyancy support and cushions to the entire body

e)

Promotes more weight and percentages of body fat

20.

FIRST NAME of your current PE103N Instructor

(a)