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Swimming
Swimming is a popular sport that requires the use of the hands, legs and the abdomen to propel oneself forward in the water.
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How do you compete in swimming?
The best way to improve your swimming is to keep on trying and have confidence in yourself and that way you are sure to achieve something. Maybe the first day, you could do 1 or 2 lengths and then each time you go swimming up the standards. Or try just kicking our legs to the other side or something like that!
What is the highest score on pacman?
After nearly 20 years and millions of quarters, someone has attained the unthinkable: a perfect score on Pac-Man. The world record was set by 33-year-old Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, during a US-Canada clash over the Fourth of July weekend. Mitchell took more than six hours to complete the game at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire.
To achieve the game's maximum score of 3,333,360 points, Mitchell navigated 256 boards (or screens), eating every single dot, blinking energizer blob, flashing blue ghost, and point-loaded fruit, without losing a single life. In May, one of the Canadians, Rick Fothergill, came within 90 points of the perfect score while playing at the Funspot arcade, described as the world's second-largest arcade, with about 500 games. The foursome set a Fourth of July weekend rendezvous for their head-to-head competition.
Mitchell said he came very close to setting the record on the first day of the holiday weekend -- 1 July which, coincidentally, is Canada Day -- but a kid pulled the plug about four hours into the game.
What size pool has 250 gallons?
* 62,500 gallons (US) = 8,355 cubic feet
If the pool is 20 feet wide, and 70 feet long, it could be 5 feet 11 and a half inches deep all around.
* 62,500 gallons (Imperial) = 10,034 cubic feet.
If the pool is still just under 6 feet deep and 20 feet wide, it could be 84 feet long.
How fast should a 15 year old boy swim 1500 meters?
I apologize for the last answer. A fifteen year old boy doesn't necessarily need to swim 1500 meters in any amount of time. It really depends on who you are. If you normally swim, then you might be able to do this in a twenty minute time period.
What are large numbers of fish swimming togather called?
a group of fish swimmimg together is called a school of fish
Why is buoyancy important to swimming?
being buoyant allows you to stay on the surface of the water easily, but other than buoyancy, you need to have good technique, a muscular build and a confident mind to be a successful swimmer.
Buoyancy in this case refers to the difference in density of the swimmer vs that of the water. The more buoyant you are, the larger portion of your body will be above water when you attempt to float (with no other motion).
Obviously, the more buoyant you are, the simpler it is to keep your head above water and be able to breathe. That is, a more buoyant person will have to spend less energy to keep themselves from drowning.
Buoyancy can come from several areas:
(1) ironically, fat is much less dense than muscle, so a person with a higher body fat percentage (BMI) is much more buoyant than one with a low BMI. Which means that obese people float much better than fit people. However, as obese people are much less able to keep up a sustained level of exercise required to actively swim, a fit person is a much better swimmer.
(2) flotation aids - such as a life vest, inflatable "floaties" and similar objects, or even clothing properly used in a lifesaving manner (e.g. a pair of pants taken off, reversed with legs tied behind the neck then filled with air) can provide a large extra buoyancy measure, allowing the person to remain afloat with virtually no effort. However, actively swimming while wearing such aids is very difficult.
(3) External objects that the person can grasp. Anything from a piece of wood, to a life preserver can increase the person's buoyancy. Once again, this allows the person to stay afloat (so long as they have the strength to grasp the object), but seriously inhibits swimming.
In general, the more buoyant a person is (whether due to fat or a worn or grasped floatation aid), the harder it is to swim properly. "Good" swimmers are much like sharks - they tend to be naturally non-buoyant, but use very efficient movements to maintain forward motion, and thus, remain able to stay afloat.
A good example of the difference between the two: a typical competitive swimmer (not an olympic-class one, just your average high school swimmer) should have no problem treating water for several hours unaided. A typical obese person will generally become tired and begin to founder after several dozen minutes (no more than a half-hour, at best), even though the obese person must put in much less effort to stay afloat. In fact, most competitive swimmers have negative buoyancy, which means that they will sink (even when holding their breath) if they don't actively treat water, while greatly obese people need to do no more than slowly wave their arms just below the water's surface to keep in an upright position.
very good question.
but it varys depending on the league and whos swimming what
really they just work through the events
you might be swimming the 12 22 and 34 event for example. just be at the blocks on time and youll be fine
How would a diver be able to enter the water without making a big splash?
Physically, NO, as you displace water, it will naturally splash. Technically, (from a competition stand point) yes, as minimal splash is given for free.
Do swimmers wear anything under their speedos?
nope just pure white or black meat...if you noe what i mean ;]
What are four types of backstroke?
There is the normal Olympic backstroke and survival backstroke and that's it.
Why do you get a runny nose and headache following swimming?
Because the toxins from your poop rise when you are submerged in water going all the way to your head and up your europhean tubes into your brain causing runny noses and migrain headaches because of the heat in your brain.
How do you do a butterfly stroke?
Click to enlargeHold your legs together and extend your arms above your head.
Step TwoClick to enlargeKick your legs up and down once in a whipping motion generating from the hips and bending at the knees, as if you were a dolphin.
Step ThreeClick to enlargePull both of your arms simultaneously and symmetrically through the water beneath your body along with the big kick, helping to propel your body forward and out of the water.
Step FourClick to enlargeLift your head up and breathe as you quickly pull both arms out of the water and swing them forward. Head and arms reenter the water together in a diving motion.
Step FiveGlide momentarily, performing a smaller follow-up kick.
Step SixExecute another pull-through motion with your arms, with your legs performing a full kick to propel you up and out again.
Tips & Warnings- The butterfly kick is actually two kicks. One kick is a big kick, with knees bending and kicking out while the body leaps and dives forward. Then, during the glide, the whole body whips the legs into a second, smaller kick.
- Done properly, the butterfly stroke is a smooth, gliding stroke, but you may find it very difficult and tiring when learning.
- Practice the kick without the stroke to get a feel for using your whole body. Extend your arms and undulate your body through the water.
- Try practicing the kick with fins on to get the feeling of a powerful and fluid kick.
Information received from http://www.ehow.com/how_5301_swim-butterfly-stroke.HTML
no, taking a shot is alcohol - if you go swimming you can drown and die
If a synchronized swimmer dies do the rest die?
first, stretch out your hands in front of you then try forming a circle (up to breast level only, not until your tummy). next, cut the circle by clasping your hands together and while in its clasping position, pushing it forward. do this simultaneously with the frog kick...that's all! hope it's clear enough...
What is Butterfly in swimming?
butterfly is a stroke where your legs do dolphin stroke or mermaid stroke( keeping your legs together and flapping them up and down) and your arms go up into the air together at the same time and then down again bending your arm slightly when under the water. You also are supposed to keep ducking your face under the water every stroke of the arms you make.
What causes swim goggles to fog up?
water goggles fog up by condensation when the heat is in your goggles its trapped and the plastic probably absorbs the cold in the water
How do you handle competitive swimming and school?
It depends when you have practice and what grade you are in .When I get home I have to do everything for school and then I get ready for swim .
Hope this helps
The walls of some above ground and some inground vinyl liner pool kits are made of aluminum.
How many 25m lengths equals 0.6 miles?
A mile is 1760 yards. 25 doesn't go exactly into 1760, but the answer is 70.4.
Why should you breathe side to side when swimming the front crawl?
To breathe while swimming front crawl, all you have to do is turn your head to the Side for a second take a quick breath, then put your face back in the water. Make sure you only turn your head, not the rest of your body. You can turn to whatever side feels most comfortable. You should breathe about every three strokes.
Can earplugs protect a perforated eardrum while swimming?
If you want horrible pain,yes-if you want to spare yourself no.
