Backstroke

Age Group The age group I chose is toddlers, 16-36 months. I selected toddlers because they are full of wonder, desire and their need to know more impresses me. During this stage, toddlers are beginning to explore and use the environment around them to expand on their developments. These are the years were children start to form their personalities and growth. Toddlers are questioning everything around them and exploring the unknown. They are so full of joy and are able to offer such creative…

A perfect society was an idea to create a glimpse of what a perfect world really is. The search for what a perfect world is leads to more chaos than a perfect society. It’s more chaos than perfect because it removes all conflict and only gives humanity one choice, to learn and educate themselves or decline in growing as a whole. In addition to, no utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone which leads to chaos. These books portray a perfect world in one’s head, but in fact show…

Swimming has become an extremely popular and well-enjoyed sport or activity. But what most people do not know is the origin of this unique sport. Swimming can be dated all the way back to ancient times as prehistoric men had to swim in order to cross large bodies of water, but there were also many written works related swimming in the Early Modern Era and moreover, swimming eventually became a competitive sport during the 19th century. The competitiveness of swimming has translated into…

Feminism, Its Misconceptions, and Its Relevance Modern feminism, also termed third-wave feminism, is a much-required societal component. A common argument against feminism is the animal kingdom in which female apes worship male apes, but division of gender simply can not follow this trend, for humanity requires more civilized thinking (Berlatsky, Noah). Today’s existing culture restrains women and men through learned behaviors, gender roles, and institutional sexism. Men and women have…

I instantly jumped into the water and I knew. I knew that today was going to be my day. The day I break my personal backstroke record after a season of times that remained consistent. No more of this nonsense, I had thought to myself. I have worked too hard, slept to little and given up to much to settle for average. I can do this. As soon as that buzzer went off, my arms flew behind me. That momentum landed me perfectly in the water, and propelled me forward. My legs were in perfect…

(“Benefits of Adapted Aquatics”). Adaptive aquatics teaches people with disabilities and special needs water safety and skills in recreational swimming. The strokes I’ve used the most are the breast stroke and butterfly stroke. I can’t really do backstrokes, can’t jump into the pool for obvious reasons. Some of the exercises I did involved using a foam noodle or a bar that students use for kicking. The swimming lessons in Adaptive Aquatics can bring relief from pain and muscle spasms for…

During the decade of the 1920s, American life experienced a tremendous change for women. The difference between men and women was becoming much narrower as the decade wore on due to the increase of popularity in the lifestyle of flappers. A flapper was a fashionable young female who focused on enjoying herself and her life and demonstrated a very strong and rebellious behavior. Men were always the ones to go to bars, clubs, sporting events, and smoking in general. They had all the freedom and…

Imagine being in a dirty, smelling, cold prison cell with water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. This is what the prisoners in prison experience on a daily bases. Alcatraz was federal prison that was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did…

Swimming through the Notes I can remember the day in fifth grade band sitting at the long, gray percussion tables listening to our band director teach “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Staring off into space because I already knew how to play it for a few months, I could vaguely hear Mrs. Tripi’s voice telling the flutes to watch for A flats and reminding the trumpets that B flat is first valve. As I waited patiently for the rest of the band to finally pick up on the well-known melody, I sat…

CONTENTS PAGE Sub-headings I. Introduction 2  Purpose  Thesis  Premise of the outcome II. Performance and psychological 2 1.1 Challenging performance 1.2 Mental energy 1.3 Coming of age III. Communication 3 2.1 Sports communication 2.2 Bridging the gap IV. Identity 4 3.1 Commodification of sports by the media 3.2 Integration of media in sports 3.3 Socialization of media-sport industry V. Media benefits 6 4.1 Effective ways of using social media for sports Summary 7 Reference…