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    The document provides a history of swimming including its origins from cave drawings from 9,000 BC depicting breaststroke. It discusses swimming records before Christ and the development of swimming as a competitive sport in England in 1844. It then describes the four main strokes - freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly - outlining their key techniques and origins. Freestyle is the fastest stroke using a flutter kick while breaststroke is the oldest stroke. Backstroke is performed on your back while butterfly is the newest and most difficult stroke developed from breaststroke.

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    The document provides a history of swimming including its origins from cave drawings from 9,000 BC depicting breaststroke. It discusses swimming records before Christ and the development of swimming as a competitive sport in England in 1844. It then describes the four main strokes - freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly - outlining their key techniques and origins. Freestyle is the fastest stroke using a flutter kick while breaststroke is the oldest stroke. Backstroke is performed on your back while butterfly is the newest and most difficult stroke developed from breaststroke.

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    The document provides a history of swimming including its origins from cave drawings from 9,000 BC depicting breaststroke. It discusses swimming records before Christ and the development of swimming as a competitive sport in England in 1844. It then describes the four main strokes - freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly - outlining their key techniques and origins. Freestyle is the fastest stroke using a flutter kick while breaststroke is the oldest stroke. Backstroke is performed on your back while butterfly is the newest and most difficult stroke developed from breaststroke.

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    Swimming History

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    The document provides a history of swimming including its origins from cave drawings from 9,000 BC depicting breaststroke. It discusses swimming records before Christ and the development of swimming as a competitive sport in England in 1844. It then describes the four main strokes - freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly - outlining their key techniques and origins. Freestyle is the fastest stroke using a flutter kick while breaststroke is the oldest stroke. Backstroke is performed on your back while butterfly is the newest and most difficult stroke developed from breaststroke.

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    HISTORY OF SWIMMING

    ORIGIN OF SWIMMING

     The earliest real proof that man (the mammal) is a swimmer comes from cave
    drawings
    dating back to 9,000 B.C. that have been unearthed in the Middle East.
     These drawings depict people swimming something that resemblances the
    breaststroke.
     In Egypt, no knowledge exists of swimming before 4000 BC.
     In Ancient Greece and Rome, swimming was a standard part of military training.
    SWIMMING RECORD BEFORE CHRIST
     A cylindrical seal of 3200 BC with the impression of swimmers using
    various strokes has been found.
     Hieroglyphics symbols for swimming about 4000 BC showed crawling
    figures with one arm forward and one arm backward
     Wall etchings of the battle of Kadish, 1300 BC have been earthed.
     They depict Hitties fleeing across the river Orontes from the warriors of
    Rome II all are swimming over arm.
    HISTORY OF SWIMMING
     In 1844, swimming had already established itself as a popular
    competitive sport in England.
     After the period of 40 years, the Indians, restored the “totally un-
    European” style as the crawl-a stroke so speedy that it developed
    competitive swimming.
     Middle Eastern civilizations described men swimming with the dog
    stroke with the help of mosaics and drags at Pompeii, Italy.
    STROKES: FREESTYLE (AUSTRALIAN CRAWL)

     Freestyle is the most widely used of the four major swimming strokes.
     It is the fastest and the easiest stroke and the principles of its technique
    can also be applied to the other strokes like backstroke, same kick used.
     The kick used in freestyle, referred to as the “flutter kick”, consists of two
    movements: an upbeat and a downbeat.
     The most effective kick is a small one. If the kick is too large, it will
    come too far out of the slipstream and create unwanted drag.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21rNAujWN_U
    BREASTSTROKE
    It is the oldest swimming stroke.
    It is often considered a more relaxing stroke than the other
    three.
    Sidestroke is a form of breaststroke performed on your side;
    elementary backstroke is a breaststroke performed on your
    back.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFxTuaMpDQ
    BACKSTROKE

    Backstroke is distinguished from the other three strokes by the


    fact that it is, performed on your back.
    Backstroke is a great break from freestyle, and helps balance
    your freestyle muscles.
    Backstroke kick is just the freestyle flutter kick performed on
    your back.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89HxafulzyI
    BUTTERFLY
     It is the newest racing stroke and thus has a short history.
     It has only been a separate stroke since 1952—just 20 years before Mr. Fly
    himself, Mark Spitz, crushed his competitors at the Munich Olympics.
     Butterfly has its origins in breaststroke.
     It is the most beautiful of the four strokes, however, hard to learn and do.
     Fast and powerful stroke and usually performed in shorter sets than the
    other strokes due to its increased strenuousness.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UffZn_-lU54
    BENEFITS OF SWIMMING
    BASIC SKILLS IN SWIMMING

     https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/fitness/5-basic-swimming-skills-everyone-needs-to-lea
    rn/articleshow
    /70619726.cms

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