Swimming
Introduction
I started swimming when I was about five years old and have reached a good standard. I like swimming for leisure as well as doing crash courses. I have certificates to say that I have swum 25 meters but I have swum many more than that. This was because when I went with my primary school where I was in the top group and I had to swim lots of lengths every time I got in the water. I have been regularly taught by my mum who is a good swimmer and she is still trying to teach me.
This is a 25m dsitance award.
1st Session
I went to Crook Log Leisure Centre at around four o’clock on the 19th December. The teaching pool was nearly empty so I decided to work in there using the 20m length for all the time swims. I went swimming for one and a half hours. I did two warm up lengths to get myself used to the water. I then did a series of lengths which were timed by my mum. The first length I did was breast stoke. I then did front crawl and after this I did back crawl. Finally I did butterfly. After this my mum helped me improve the strokes. Firstly we worked on the butterfly legs by practising two double leg kicks for every arm pull. We then worked on the breathing by doing one breath every two arm pulls. I was timed doing another length of butterfly. I then worked on my back crawl arms by using more body roll. I then worked on my legs by pointingmy toes a bit more because it helps to propel yourself along. After this I did another timed length of back crawl. I then worked on breast stroke legs and then the arms. I however did not do a timed length again for breast stroke. I finally couldn’t do any more swimming as it had tired me out immensly. I then got changed and went home.
This is how recorded my results for the first session
Stroke | 1st session |
Back stroke | 36.93 seconds |
Back stroke after arms practice | 35.93 seconds |
Back stroke after arms + legs practice | 37.00 seconds |
Breast stroke | 38.17 seconds |
Front Crawl | 38.05 seconds |
Butterfly | 42.47 seconds |
Butterfly after arms + legs practice | 44.47 seconds |
Swimming
Introduction
This is a 25m dsitance award.
1st Session
I went to Crook Log Leisure Centre at around four o’clock on the 19th December. The teaching pool was nearly empty so I decided to work in there using the 20m length for all the time swims. I went swimming for one and a half hours. I did two warm up lengths to get myself used to the water. I then did a series of lengths which were timed by my mum. The first length I did was breast stoke. I then did front crawl and after this I did back crawl. Finally I did butterfly. After this my mum helped me improve the strokes. Firstly we worked on the butterfly legs by practising two double leg kicks for every arm pull. We then worked on the breathing by doing one breath every two arm pulls. I was timed doing another length of butterfly. I then worked on my back crawl arms by using more body roll. I then worked on my legs by pointingmy toes a bit more because it helps to propel yourself along. After this I did another timed length of back crawl. I then worked on breast stroke legs and then the arms. I however did not do a timed length again for breast stroke. I finally couldn’t do any more swimming as it had tired me out immensly. I then got changed and went home.
This is how recorded my results for the first session
Stroke | 1st session |
Back stroke | 36.93 seconds |
Back stroke after arms practice | 35.93 seconds |
Back stroke after arms + legs practice | 37.00 seconds |
Breast stroke | 38.17 seconds |
Front Crawl | 38.05 seconds |
Butterfly | 42.47 seconds |
Butterfly after arms + legs practice | 44.47 seconds |
2nd Session
I went to Crook Log Leisure Centre at around four o’clock on the 21st December. The teaching pool was nearly empty so I decided to work in there using the 20m length for all the time swims. I went swimming for one and a half hours. I did two warm up lengths to get myself used to the water. I then did a series of lengths which were timed by my mum. The first length I did was back stoke. I then did front crawl and after this I did butterfly. Finally I did breast stroke. After this my mum helped me improve the strokes. Firstly we worked on the front crawl arms, legs and breathing by practising one kick for every arm pull and every four arm pulls take a breath. We then worked on butterfly legs and arms by doing two leg kicks for every arm pull. I then worked on breast stroke legs and then the arms. I did another timed length for breast stroke. I finally couldn’t do any more swimming as it had tired me out immensly. I then got changed and went home.
Here are my results for the second session
Stroke | 2nd session |
Back stroke | 28.99 |
Front crawl | 28.57 |
Front crawl after arms and legs practice | 30.86 |
Butterfly after arms and legs practice | 37.56 |
Breast stroke after arms/ legs +breathing practice | 34.57 |
Breast stroke by putting more strokes to one breath | 33.16 |
Front crawl another try to beat my time | 29.41 |
3rd Session
I went to Crook Log Leisure Centre at around four o’clock on the 22nd December. The teaching pool was nearly empty again so I decided to work in there using the 20m length for all the timed swims. I went swimming for one and a half hours. I did two warm up lengths to get myself used to the water. I then did a series of lengths which were timed by my mum. The first length I did was back stroke. I then did front crawl and after this I did breast stroke. Finally I did butterfly. After this my mum helped me improve the strokes. Firstly we worked on my front crawl arms and legs. After this I did breast stroke arms and leg practice by trying to stay just under the water so I did not have to keep going up for air for a long time mum also showed me how to maintain my stroke while taking a breath. I did another timed length of breast stroke. I then worked on butterfly legs by practising two double leg kicks for every arm pull. We then worked on the breathing by doing one breath every two arm pulls. I was timed doing another length of butterfly. Finally couldn’t do any more swimming as it had tired me out again. I then got changed and went home.
Here are my results from the third session
Stroke | 3rd session |
Back stroke | 28.81 |
Front crawl | 27.78 |
Front crawl stretching arms | 26.75 |
Breast stroke after timing of arms+legs practice | 36.82 |
Breast stroke trying to beat time | 38.4 |
Butterfly after arms and legs practice | 43.5 |
Butterfly trying to beat time | 39.2 |
1st Time | 2nd Time | 3rd Time | 4th Time | 5th Time | 6th time | |
Back Stroke | 36.93 | 35.93 | 37 | 28.99 | 28.81 | |
Front Crawl | 38.05 | 28.57 | 30.86 | 29.41 | 27.78 | 26.74 |
Butterfly | 42.47 | 42.02 | 44.47 | 37.56 | 43.5 | 39.2 |
Breast stroke | 38.17 | 43.21 | 34.57 | 33.16 | 36.82 | 38.4 |
This is how I decided to record my results in order to create a graph.
This graph shows that the time it took for me each time I swam each stroke. The lower down the point is on the graph is the faster I swam. For front crawl I swam my fastest on my last time. For back stroke my 5th time was the fastest. For butterfly my fastest time was on my fourth try. For breast stroke my fastest time was my 4th attempt. The possible reasons why I may have slowed down could be because I was practising new skills or that I was now getting tired.
Evaluation
I have learnt that I need to work on all the strokes and my stamina. I have decided that I need to go swimming once a week and just do lengths starting of with six and then increasing by one each week. I will also carry on trying to improve my times so that I can get them as fast as possible.
I got this certificate when I did a crash course at Lamorbey.
This certificate I got shows that I can perform grade two swimming skills. I have done more grades than this and have reached a higher level of swimming.
I got this certificate when I did a crash course at Lamorbey.
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