for eight years now. He started swimming when he was just five years old by going to swimming classes but started competing when he joined his college swimming team in 2005. Lochte has been practicing and competing for several events now; 200m backstroke‚ 4x100m freestyle relay‚ 200m individual medley among others. Ryan Lochte was born in Rochester‚ New York. Hi s mom being from Cuba and born and raised in Havana and his father being from German and English decent. His father being a swimming teacher
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Swimming - is the self propulsion of a person through water or other liquid‚ for survival‚ recreation‚ sport‚ exercise or other reason. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs‚ the body‚ or both. Humans are able to hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth‚ as an evolutionary response. Brief History of Swimming Though humans have been swimming for millennia‚ competitive swimming has only existed for about 150 years
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with the head out of water at all times to observe the field. The arm stroke used is also a lot shorter and quicker and is used to protect the ball at all times. Backstroke is used by defending field players to track advancing attackers and by the goalie to track the ball after passing. Water polo backstroke differs from swimming backstroke; the player sits almost upright in the water‚ using eggbeater leg motions with short arm strokes to the side instead of long straight arm strokes. This allows the
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NASA spin-off technologies have had great impact on many people around the world‚ whether it be artificial limbs‚ cochlear implants‚ solar energy‚ GPS or water purifiers. But one particular invention has directly affected me and more than 25‚000 other people in the United States. NASA has also helped SpeedoUSA develop the LZR Racer‚ the world’s fastest swimsuit in 2007 and 2008. In fact‚ during the Beijing Olympics‚ every gold medal was a swimmer wearing a LZR Racer. (Gerbis‚ 2009) The suit helped
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Michael Phelps is known as a tragic hero because of his noble life as a common man. Michael Phelps was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ on June 30‚ 1985. He lived in a neighborhood called Rodgers Forge. In this ordinary place‚ Phelps’ started swimming when he was diagnosed with ADHD and didn’t know where to use all of his stamina: “...Phelps was directed towards swimming in 1992 at the age of just seven in order to provide him with an outlet for his unbounded energy” (5). Luckily‚ due to this disorder
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each trying to reach the shore first. Surprisingly‚ when I came out from the water‚ Andy was still a meter away. Next‚ we tried out breaststroke‚ which Andy won with ease; that made our score a draw of 1:1. As for the final round‚ we swam backstroke. Using full might‚ we pushed ourselves forward‚ trying hard to reach the shore first. ‘Yeehaaaaaw! I won!’ I screamed‚ punching my fist hard into the air‚ just like Michael Phelps when he won the Olympics gold medal. It was the
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Swimming Swimming is the act of moving through the water by using the arms‚ legs‚ and body in motions called strokes. The most common strokes are the crawl‚ backstroke‚ breaststroke‚ butterfly‚ and sidestroke. Some scientists believe that human beings are born with an instinctive ability to use their arms and legs to stay afloat. That instinct‚ however‚ disappears within a few months after birth. Later in life many children and adults learn to swim in order to be safe around
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Justin races his Chevy S-10 down Highway 37 for 2560 meters in 60 seconds‚ what is his average speed (velocity)? 5. Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed (velocity) of 20 meters/second for 500 seconds‚ how far did he ride? 6. Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second‚ how long will it take her to complete the race of 200 meters length? 7. Lauren’s SUV was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour‚ how many kilometers per hour would she have
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interception of casualty * Non-contact tow Tactical * Very good communication skills (calm casualty down)(good in long-term) * Kept distance from casualty (reduce risk on herself) * Used length of floatation device * Switched from LS Backstroke to side stroke (more efficient and faster) 3. Performing a reach rescue Skilful * Again quick to act * Good positioning Tactical * Again vocal in calming the casualty * Good position before handing reach pole to casualty
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It may be surprising to learn that the first rap song to bring the genre to a wide mainstream audience wasn’t even originally a rap song. By every definition‚ “Walk This Way”‚ written in 1975 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry‚ was your classic rock song. With air-guitar-worthy guitar riffs and cocky‚ brash vocal delivery of thinly veiled‚ extremely sexual lyrics‚ it was the track that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame (Run-DMC and Aerosmith‚ 2007). A decade later
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