5 Benefits of Swimming Most of us know that swimming helps to tone our body and burn calories. However‚ beyond the perspective of losing a few pounds and helping us maintain our physique‚ swimming offers many other advantages. Some of the most significantbenefits of swimming have been listed below: Swimming Increases Cardiovascular ConditioningHeart diseases are among the most common of lifestyle illnesses. Contemporary work schedules and diets are such that heart diseases in the mid-30s are no
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as much strength as I had and glided through the water. I came up for another breathe of air and even though my arms ached and my heart was pounding for me to take a breathe‚ I knew if I took a breathe I’d falter and fall behind so I kept right on swimming. Kicking my feet as hard as I could and slamming my hands into the board so I could make the timer go off‚ I saw that I had come in first. 27.29 seconds. A new record for myself! My coach was waiting for me when I got out of the pool and told me
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Legacy of Olympic games Harnessing the United Kingdom’s passion for sport to increase grass roots participation‚ particularly by young people – and to encourage the whole population to be more physically active • Exploiting to the full the opportunities for economic growth offered by hosting the Games • Promoting community engagement and achieving participation across all groups in society through the Games; and • Ensuring that the OIympic Park can be developed after the Games as one of the
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about synchronized swimming or have never heard of it or just don’t know what it is at all. I will explain the meaning of synchronized swimming and then I will talk about how hard you have to work to be synchronized swimmer and finish it off with how we synchronized swimmers do things at meets and what we use to be able to do the things we can. What is synchronized swimming? Synchronized swimming or synchro‚ an easier way to say it‚ is a mixture of dance‚ gymnastics and swimming. It also includes
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<b>Introduction</b><br>Today‚ the Olympic Games are the world’s largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism‚ commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations‚ but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise‚
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Research Paper In Basic Swimming History of Swimming The history of swimming goes way back to that of prehistoric times. Books written from 2000 to 1500 BC including the Bible have references to swimming. It was mostly used in these times as a means of cleansing. Any form of competitive swimming wasn’t formed until the 1800’s in Europe. It was included in the first Olympics in 1896 in Athens‚ Greece. It was noted that Ancient Egypt had cave drawings of humans swimming in the nearby sea. They
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2012 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "2012 Olympics" redirects here. For the Winter Youth Olympics‚ see 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Paralympic Games‚ see 2012 Summer Paralympics. "London 2012" redirects here. For the video game‚ see London 2012 (video game). Games of the XXX Olympiad | This is the clear version of the official logo. There are four official base colours‚ and another version for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For
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Swimming was just not my strong point. As an adolescent‚ someone jumped onto me in a swimming pool‚ and it made me go under unexpectedly‚ and it scared the living daylights out of me. I tried to avoid going into any swimming pools in those days‚ so my intentions for this gathering was to just be a bystander. Several people were in the swimming pool and several people were sitting alongside the pool. Only a few of the toddlers were in the pool with a parent. Children were tossing the ball around
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The olympics is a game where the most talented athletes from across the world come together and compete against one another in different sports like Basketball‚ Soccer‚ Swimming ‚ gymnastics ‚ fencing ‚ volleyball‚ beach volleyball‚ track and field and many more sports you can think of. About 206 countries and more than eleven thousand athletes participate. The olympics is held in a different country every two years alternating between winter and summer sports‚ it starts at the first week of august
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Olympic Change The Olympics have changed dramatically since 1896. From the games played‚ the place it was held‚ and who was allowed to participate. In 1896 there was only seven games played in the Olympics. Now in 2018 there are around thirty. There is also winter olympics which have about fifteen games. Only men could play in 1896. Now women and many countries play. The Olympic games were held in Athens‚ Greece in 1896. Now it is hosted in different every four years. 241 athletes participated
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