Swimming Essay

relating to the participation of swimming within the school community. Section 1 of this essay will analyse the first two levels of Figueroa’s framework in depth and relate it to my participation in the sport of swimming. Section 2 of this essay will consider the equity and access issues, and the barriers that may be present within Forest Lake State High School students. The final part of the essay will recommend strategies to improve the involvement of swimming within the school. BACKGROUND:…

could say that I have a hydrophobic fear of swimming. I just say I can’t swim. I survived swimming by just trying harder in gym class and I got better as the grades go. Some may know I don’t like swimming. This is why I think I don’t like swimming. My mom has a hydrophobic fear for water because my mom had to swim in school and she said it was terrible. Another reason is I can't float well in the water. I can't float well because I have never been swimming before in my life, which leads into…

in Port Credit Ontario. She was the third oldest out of her eleven siblings. She began swimming when she was only three years old, and then started competitively swimming. At nine years old, she won her first long distance medal for swimming 1.5 miles in Port Credit River, Ontario. Winnie is mostly known for her skills in swimming but was nominated for Canada’s all-around Athlete of the Year due to her swimming, diving, softball, track and field, and basketball, tennis, along with volleyball and…

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…

now become her favorite activity. Before she started swimming, Hong tried many other sports. The only other sport that she continued to play was basketball, but it did not have the same impact on her as swimming does. After only two seasons, Hong quit basketball and decided to devote her time to the swim lessons she had just begun. Her parents were supportive of this decision because they could already tell that she was more devoted to swimming. Hong first started taking swim lessons at the…

water flow. Watching Simone Manuel’s race we also notice she is wearing a swimming cap. By wearing a swimming cap, swimmers will not be dragged. Drag, otherwise known as resistance, slows the swimmer…

Obituary of Lora Lee Eaker. Lora Lee Eaker 97 of Cape Girardeau went home to be with her Lord on ++/++/++++ at +++++. Lora Lee was born in Whitewater, Missouri on May 24, 1918 to Nellie M. Proffer and Albert Borneman. Lora Lee had two brothers; Glenn Proffer of Saint Louis and Ivan Grebe deceased. Lora Lee and George W. Eaker Sr. were married on July 23, 1935 at Bloomfield, Missouri. Lora Lee Eaker was the mother of two son’s Don Eaker (deceased) wife Judy, George W, Eaker wife Verna and…

the men have surpassed this time and have a limit that is nearly 20 seconds faster. The article “Assessing Time Trends in Sex Differences in Swimming & Running" explains, “…women seem to be limited to achieving speeds about 8% slower than men’s and that women’s improvement curve lags men’s by about a decade” (Wainer 14). That indeed women seem to be swimming at a slower rate than men. This could be due to the variations between sexes. Each sex seems to have their own private body parts to be…

Swimming to gold Razorbacks broke their tie with Dolphins in the butterfly to finally win champions. For the first time in 34 years, the Razorbacks won gold at the Rockville Swimming Association Annual Championships on Thursday. After the second-to-last event, the Razorbacks and the Dolphins were tied. Winner of the last event, who were the Razorbacks, would be the tiebreaker to win champions. Boys’ fifteen-and-over one-hundred yard butterfly was the last race. Swimmers were Matt Gratton from…

author of the book “Outliers”, defines success based on the facts of when you born, where you grew up, and what language you speak. However, I describe success differently as, work ethic, persistence, and faith. Swimming is one of my favorite sports other than basketball, I have been swimming for almost ten years. However I have never made it to…