Sports

Swimming Sport

Swimming is a healthy activity that can be enjoyed by people of any age and ability. It offers a variety of health benefits and you can swim on your own or as part of a group workout.

It's hard to beat swimming when it comes to a sport that strengthens the body, smoothes the mind, regulates breathing, stimulates circulation and puts no stress on the joints - all in one. Unlike running or weight training, which concentrate on specific muscle groups, swimming benefits the upper body, torso and legs together and is one of the fastest ways to improve general strength, stamina and cardiovascular fitness.

Swimming is a very low impact exercise, making it ideal for recovery patients, the elderly and for pregnant woman. The provided weightlessness of the water greatly reduces stress on joints, virtually eliminating the potential of back, knee and other muscular injuries that are common in high impact activities such as running. The water pressure against the legs and arms is also beneficial to the circulatory system.

There have few type of swimming like Breast Stroke, Back Stroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and etc…

Few technical swimming tips for freestyle;

1) Swim with all of your body close to the surface of the water, keeping your hips and legs behind your shoulders. Imagine you are trying to swim through a narrow tube without touching the sides. A good way of doing this is to put your face in the water and keep your legs kicking all of the time.

2) Your arms provide the power for the stroke, so one arm should follow the other through the water and over the top. Try putting your hand into the water in front of your head and stretch it forwards as far as it will go, slicing it into the water with your thumb first - the less splash the better.

3) Bending your elbow and pushing your hand towards your feet, keeping it going until it reaches the top of your leg. Lift your arm out of the water and try to control it as it goes back to the starting point. Breathe regularly, try turn the head smoothly.

Water Polo Sport

The origins of water polo, however it is known that the sport originated in the rivers and lakes of mid-nineteenth century England as a water version of rugby. Early games used an inflated, rubber ball from India known as a "pulu”, which pronounced "polo" by the English. Both the ball and the game became known as water polo.

Water Polo is a team sport. You have to shoot a buoyant ball into a netted goal. The goals are rectangular with a wood, metal or plastic frame.

There are 6 people on a team and a goalie. You can have 6 subs. The teams have two different colored caps, White for one team, blue for the other, and red for goalies. The goalie can’t hang on the goal or on the side of the pool. The goalie can use two hands. The team members can only use one hand when handling the ball.

There are 2 referees, 2 goal judges, 2 time keepers, 2 minute breaks, and the game is divided into 4 periods, 7 minute each. Each goal is one point.