1996‚ at the age of 15‚ but injuries derailed her career. At age 7‚ Phelps was still "a little scared" to put his head under water‚ so his instructors allowed him to float around on his back. Not surprisingly‚ the first stroke he mastered was the backstroke. After he saw swimmers Tom Malchow and Tom Dolan compete at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta‚ Phelps began to dream of becoming a champion. He launched his swimming career at the Loyola High School pool. He met his coach‚ Bob Bowman‚ when he started
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A girl wants to join a water sport for her high school. Many people join sports every year. Two popular water sports are competitive swim and water polo. Competitive swim has a variety of things you can do. Also‚ anyone can do competitive swim if they are willing to try it. Lastly‚ swim gives you a better workout than water polo because you exercise your whole body. This paper will demonstrate that competitive swim is a superior sport to water polo. Most people prefer having a variety of things
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his rise to the top. When Michael was born he had two sisters already in the sport of swimming which he entered very soon. “As a seven-year-old‚ he refused to put his face in the water. Not surprisingly‚ the first stroke he mastered would be the backstroke” (“JockBio” 1). He started training in the North Baltimore Aquatic Club under training of Coach Bob Bowman. Under this direction he entered the U.S. National B team in 1999. In his division he broke a record in the 200 meter butterfly‚ what is said
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One of which was when I was twelve at a championship meet in Federal Way. I was doing the two hundred meter backstroke and I was racing a friend of mine that was‚ at the time‚ much faster than me. I wanted to beat him so badly‚ that for thirty minutes before my race I didn’t talk to anyone. I warmed up extra and I even stretched out for fifteen minutes. I was
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and is very important in the game of golf. This means it is bathed in synovial fluid‚ allowing a great deal of mobility. At the beginning of the stroke‚ the wrists are pointed downwards slightly. They will be flexed upwards by the top of the backstroke‚ bent down again at contact‚ then up again at the top of the follow-through. Elbow The elbow is a hinge joint‚ so although it cannot move side to side‚ its stability is key to golf. The left elbow will be bent throughout the stroke. It will
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------------------------------------------------- Midterm Report ------------------------------------------------- In ------------------------------------------------- PHED 1282 (Individual/Dual/Corporative Swimming) ------------------------------------------------- Saturday 11:00-1:00/1:30-3:30 ------------------------------------------------- gym ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: -------------------------------------------------
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In order to explain that the individual has full control over how they choose to perceive their own situation Eric Hoffer says‚ “It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.” This remarkable trait is apparent in Jeanette Walls’ memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ in which Walls retells the story of her childhood surrounded by her extremely dysfunctional yet oddly vivacious family. The reader becomes engrossed in Jeannette’s endless battle between defending
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Module 11 Checklist: 2 Lifetime Skills Projects (5% of Final Grade) Objectives: To research two lifetime individual sports or activities and break down the components of teaching and participating each sport or activity. Student To Do List Read the document "Module Checklist" (hint: you are here - it might be helpful to print this page!) To begin‚ you will need to select two (2) lifetime activities. You will need to select three (3) skills that you wish to learn and demonstrate for
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Why I Took the Assignment I Didn’t Want Location. Timing. No other opportunity. These are a few of the reasons why I took the assignment I didn’t want. You may be wondering‚ why I did not want to take this assignment in the first place. I have a simple acronym for my answer. LTACH. What is an LTACH? If you are familiar with this term‚ you probably already understand why I didn’t want the assignment. If you are not‚ let me clue you in. LTACH stands for long-term acute care hospital‚ and it’s a
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It was four weeks before my graduation‚ the day that my swimming test was appointed. I arrived at BMS Pool feeling really nervous; my heart picked up speed and I could feel my palms cold and sweaty. My aunt Jannel accompanied me because I could not imagine going there by myself. When we walked in‚ I saw no one was in the front desk‚ but across from the desk I could see the swimming pool‚ and my ears were greeted by splashes and squeals from a bunch of little kids taking a swimming lesson. They seemed
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