Swimming. Olympic water sport

1. SWIMMING

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2. Swimming is an Olympic water sport, which consists in overcoming various distances in swimming in the shortest time. .

3. History

1515- the first
competitions of
swimmers
1869- in England was
opened the first
amateur school for
swimming. . A little
later, such schools
appeared in many
cities.
1896 swimming was
included in the program
of the Olympic Games/
1899- the "European
Championship".
In Russia the first
competition took place
in 1913.

4. Types of swimming Swimming

Sports swimming. These are various competitions for
distances, which are defined by special rules.
Competitions in sports swimming also at distances of
50 - 1500 m. Also such competitions are held on open
water.

5.

Game swimming. This sport includes a variety of
entertainment and outdoor games in the water. As a rule,
game swimming is used during training and training of
young swimmers.

6.

Synchronized swimming. It includes a variety of
movement complexes, which are made up of elements
using gymnastic and acrobatic combinations to build
different shapes in the water.

7.

Diving. They are carried out from a tower or from a
springboard. During a jump, it is important to correctly
perform all movements, since each jump has its own
difficulty factor

8.

Healthy swimming.

9. Swimming styles: Сrawl. It is important to breathe properly and perform movements. The basic principle is a minimum of

movements to
achieve greater efficiency.

10. Breaststroke. When the shoulders are parallel to the water, and the arms and legs perform coordinated movements.

11. Butterfly. It is a style of swimming, which requires the physical preparation of the feet and hands.

12. SWIMMING POOL

13. Swimming equipment

14. Judging in swimming