Danielle

ALL ABOUT SWIMMING

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INTRO ==== Swimming is a very athletic and mental sport. You need strong legs to be a good swimmer. Some people think that there are many kinds a strokes in swimming but there is not. Swimming is not like any other sport. It's not like basketball or baseball or even football. Swimming is out of this world. ====



FAMOUS SWIMMERS

There are many famous swimmers like Micheal Phelps, Jenny Thomas and Mark Spitz. Micheal Phelps
==== is the most decorated swimmer in the Olympic history. In the 2004 Olympics alone Micheal Phelps won 6 gold and 2 bronze and set 7 world records. Also in the 2008 Olympics he left with the most golds won in 1 Olympics. This record was held by Mark Spitz another awesome swimmer from Germany. ====

STROKES

==== There are many different strokes in swimming. One of the easiest strokes is freestyle. All you do is kick in up and down and move your arms in a circular direction. It is the same in backstroke but your swimming on your back. Another stroke is breaststroke, it is one of the harder strokes. You move your arms to your chest than push them back in. After that your legs do the same thing as your arms, in and back out. Another hard stroke is butterfly. Your legs kick like a dolphin at the same time, while your arms move back and then come around to breathe. ====

MEETS

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==== At swim meets you are told what strokes you are doing. Most of the time the pool is 25 yards long. If you are doing any thing more than a 25 yard swim you need to do a front flip into the wall. After you do the front flip you are on your back, if you are on freestyle, breaststroke or butterfly before you get to the top of the water you turn onto your belly but if you are on backstroke you stay on your back. Now I proved that swimming is out of this world! ====