1010 Two Lengths Invitation
10.10 Two Lengths Invitation Handicap (final) Winner Of Heat Z. Second Round Ff Ts Fttl Pp Pt ,, 4. 11 If 1st 2nd 3rd 4thtime Too Yards Championship (three Lengths) Holder Charles J. Lenton, Liverpool Swimming Club, Won Once. One Not Likely To Get Flurried When The Starting Of One ...
392 Swimming
392 Swimming Tive Presidents For The Time Being, And To Obtain From Them A Concise And Authentic History Of The Swimming Clubs At Oxford And Cambridge. Both At Once Kindly Responded To Our Wish, And Have Assisted Us To Their Utmost. The History Of The Oxford University Swimming Club Is ...
A Swimmer
A Swimmer Cannot Lay Claim To Be An Expert Unless He Can Float, And As Soon As That Can Be Done Well, Scientific And Trick Swimming Becomes Fascinating To Him. Many Of The Feats Which To An Ordinary Speed Swimmer Seem Wonderfully Diffi Cult Are Really Very Easily Performed ; ...
Common
Common Sense Is The Primary Rule That Regulates All Training Nowadays. The System Of Wrecking And Then Rebuilding Is Dead And Gone. Our Trainers Are More Enlightened, And Our Know. Ledge Of The Laws Which Govern The Existence Of Mankind More Extensive. It Is Useless To Attempt To Formulate Any ...
Eton
Eton The Advantages Of Learning To Swim When Young Cannot Be Over-estimated, And This Has To A Large Extent Been Recognised By The Heads Of Our Public Schools. In His Excellent Work On ' Health At School,' Dr. Clement Dukes, Physician To Rugby School, And Senior Physician To Rugby Hospital, ...
Fifty Five Yards Lady Members
Fifty-five Yards Lady Members' Handicap It Was Started In Accordance With The Then Recognised Southern Method, And A Back Handicap Had To Be Framed For This Race, And Read As Follows :— Miss J. Skeens . . O Secs. Miss D. O'neil . . So Secs. „ M. Gardiner. . ...
First In Each Heat
First In Each Heat To Swim In Semi-final Heat In This Race The Scratch Man Was No. Ro, C. J. Lenton, Of Liverpool, Then Imo Yards Amateur Champion Of England, And The Limit Man Of The Whole Handicap Was J. A. Douglas, No. I. The Start Which Douglas Received From ...
Floating
Floating Motionless Floating On The Surface Of The Water, And More Especially In The Open Sea, On A Warm Summer Day Is A Luxury In Itself. Simple As The Feat May Seem, It Is Not Easily Accom Plished, And The Person Able To Float Is Possessed Of A Power Which ...
Forwards
Forwards The Forwards Must Be Good Swimmers Who Can Catch A Ball, Quickly Judge Distances, Pass, Dribble, And Shoot Strongly And Accurately From Any Portion Of The Field Of Play. One Of Them Should Take Up A Position Either On The Right Or Left Of The Opponents' Goal, But Outside ...
General Suggestions
General Suggestions R. Devote The First Lessons To Swimming Drills On Land, And Continue Until The Pupils Are Ready For Water Practice. The Lessons Should Be Varied By The Addition Of The Rescue, Release And Resuscitation Drills.' All These Exercises Can Be Taught In The Schoolrooms. 2. For The Lesson ...
Goal Keeper
Goal-keeper The Position Of Goal-keeper Is Not Eagerly Sought After, And In Many Instances The Post Is Given To A Wretched Swimmer. It Is Not Difficult To Find The Reason Of This. The Goal-keeper Has The Cold And Thankless Task Of Keeping In One Place During The Game, And Cannot ...
Half Back
Half-back The Half-back Has The Most Onerous Post In A Team. With The Forwards A Certain Amount Of Individual Play Is Necessary, But A Half-back Must Make Combination The Essential Feature Of His Play. He Must Be Ready To Assist The Attack, And Be As Much In Touch With His ...
Harrow
Harrow Harrow Is Famous For Its Swimmers, And Its Swimming-pond, Termed The Duck-puddle,' Is One Of The Finest Open-air Baths In England. All The Boys Are Obliged To Learn To Swim, Except, Of Course, Those Forbidden To Bathe By The Doctor, And The Masters Take A Very Great Interest In ...
Hearing Under Water
Hearing Under Water It Is Often Supposed That It Is Impossible To Hear Under Water. This Idea Probably Originated From The Fact That When Swimming On The Side It Is Difficult To Comprehend Any Remark Even If Shouted Out, Although A Dull Roar In The Ear Is Apparent. When Under ...
How To Throw The
How To Throw The Ball As May Be Easily Imagined, Ability To Throw The Ball And Pass It Accurately Only Comes With Practice, And No Amount Of Description Will Assist A Feeble Player. A Few Hints As To The Various Methods May, However, Be Useful. If, When Using The Breast-stroke, ...
Humana
Humana The Royal Hu Mane Society Presented This To --, His Life Having Been Exposed To Danger.' The Clasp For The Silver And Bronze Medals Is The Same In Shape. It Is Usually Awarded To Those Who Are Already In Possession Of The Medal, For A Second Act Of Bravery ...
Illustrating The Treatment When
Illustrating The Treatment When Breathing Is Suspended Fall In—attention—right Dress--eyes Front--number By Squads—tell Of The Squads.—all The Foregoing Movements Are The Same As In The Silvester Drill. Duties.—note.--the Squads Being Formed And Numbered, The Instructor Will Here Explain The Objects Of The Drill And Duties Of Each Man. No. T ...
Illustrating The Treatment When
Illustrating The Treatment When Breathing Suspended Fall In—attention—rz:cht Dress—eyes Front.—all The Fore Going Movements Are The Same As In Rescue Drill. 3 And 4 Will Turn The Patient Over On His Right Side Until Be Is Lying Face Downwards ; No. Z Placing His Left Hand Under The Head, And ...
Introduction
Introduction R I Those At Pompeii Are But 13 Ft. In Diameter. Cicero Evi Dently Did Not Appreciate This Limited Accommodation For Swimmers, For He Complained To His Brother Quintus That He Needed A Wider Piscina, So That He Might Not Hurt His Hands When He Flung Them Out. Lucian, ...
Introduction To Swimming
Introduction To Swimming Swimming Is The Most Versal Of All Physical Exercises. As A Pastime It Has Its Votaries In Every Country ; And That Skill In The Exercise Is Of Perlative Importance Need Not Be Dwelt Upon, Seeing That Ability To Swim May Enable A Man To Save His ...
Life Saving Swimming
Life Saving - Swimming The Ability To Save Life Is The Glorious Privilege Of A Swimmer, And Many Are Ever Ready To Risk Their Own Lives In Order To Aid Others In Danger. That The Ability Ought To Be Cultivated Is Unquestionable, For The Danger To The Rescuer Is Thereby ...
Management Of Swimming Meetings
Management Of Swimming Meetings The General Management Of Swimming Mem:wigs, Especially Those That Are Held In Baths, Has Vastly Improved During The Last Ten Years. All Unaffiliated Clubs And Managing Bodies Must Obtain A Permit From The Amateur Swimming Asso Ciation Before Attempting To Hold A Race Meeting, Otherwise The ...
Notes To Teachers
Notes To Teachers At Most Schools Squad Drill Is Practised, And Therefore It Is Unnecessary To Explain The Various Preliminary Orders And Turnings Which Should Be Given ; But When A Large Number Of Pupils Are Under Instruction, Care Should Be Taken To Afford Sufficient Space For The Free Use ...
Plunging
Plunging The Definition Of A Plunge, As Adopted By The A.s.a., Is As Follows : A Plunge Is A Standing Dive Made Head First From An Indi Cated Firm Take-off, Free From Spring ; The Body Be Kept Motionless, Face Downwaid ; No Progressive Action To Be Imparted To It ...
Plunging Diving
. Diving, Plunging, And Floating' Tue Deeds Of The Diver Have Been Sung From Time Imme Morial. In Early Ages His Occupation Was An Honoured And Practical One, And Frequent References To The Services Rendered By Him In Time Of War Are To Be Found In The Classics. Schiller's Celebrated ...
Porpoise Swimming
Porpoise Swimming An Exhibition Of Porpoise ' Swimming Makes A Very Inter Esting And Diverting Change From The Usual List Of Fancy Tricks, And If A Number Of Swimmers Take Part In The Entertainment, And Perform The Trick Together, It Becomes Highly Amusing To The Spectators. When Learning This Trick ...
Public Baths
Public Baths The First Public Baths In This Country Were Erected By The Corporation Of Liverpool, And Were Opened In 1828. They Are Situated At The St. George's Pier Head, And Are Still Much Used By Swimmers, As They Are Supplied With Salt Water. In September 1844, The Lord Mayor ...
Release Drill On Land
Release Drill (on Land) The Object Of This Drill Is To Teach How To Release Oneself From The Clutch Of -a Drowning Person. The Squad Will Be ' Numbered' And Formed Two Deep.' Inwards—turn—for Release Drill—first Method-ready. On The Command 'ready,' The Rear-rank Man Will Raise His Hands To The ...
Rescue Drill In The
Rescue Drill (in The Water) The Object Of This Drill Is To Teach By Actual Practice In The Water How To Carry A Person To Shore, By The Same Methods As Taught In The Land Rescue Drills. Must Be Prompt And Decisive. The Release Drills On Land, Already Detailed, Are ...
Resuscitation
Resuscitation A Committee Of The Royal Medical And Chirurgical Society Has Been Endeavouring To Formulate A New System Of Resuscita Tion, Or To Report On The Methods Now In Vogue, But The Long Promised Report Is Not Yet Forthcoming. The System Which Is At The Present Time Most Generally Recommended ...
Revised 1902 T
Revised 1902 T. Ball.—the Ball To Be Round And Fully Inflated. It Shall Measure Not Less Than 26i Inches Nor More Than 28f Inches In Cir Cumference. It Shall Be Waterproof, With No Strapped Seams Outside, And No Grease Or Other Objectionable Substance .on The Surface. The Ball To Be ...
Revolving On The Surface
Revolving On The Surface As Soon As A Swimmer Has Learnt To Float With Ease, And Fully Understands The Principles Which Regulate All Expert Floating, The Feat Known As Revolving On The Surface May Be Attempted. It Is Useless Trying To Achieve This Object Beforehand, Because, Like Many Other Tricks, ...
Rossall
. .rossall - . . Considerable Attention Is Given To Somming At Rossall. Some Years Ago A Melancholy Accident, Resulting In The Drown Ing Of A .boy, Immediately Caused, The Then ; Head-master, The Rev. Ii. James, To '•take. Action:;i Ne:rev.,anttioray A. Cordner, M.a., Master Of The Baths, Thereupon. Up ...
Rugby
Rugby To Dr. Clement Dukes, Of Rugby School, Is Due The Institution Of The Life-saving Competitions For Public Schools, Promoted By The Royal Humane Society. This Gentleman In 1882 Communicated To The R.h.s. His Opinion That Swimming From A Life-saving Point Of View Could Be Greatly Fostered By The Holding ...
Since
Since The Passing Of The Baths And Washhouses Act Open. Water Bathing Has Not Been Encouraged So Much In This Country As It Ought To Be, And The Average Swimmer Of The Present Day Hesitates, When It Is At All Chilly, To Bathe In The Open. Cold Water Bathing Has ...
Sinking To The Bottom
Sinking To The Bottom And Rising Again To Tiie Surface Without Apparent Motive Power There Are Very Few Swimmers Who Can Achieve This. A Thorough Knowledge Of Motionless Floating Is Indispensable, Combined With The Power To Sink The Body While The Lungs Are Inflated, In Order That It May Rise ...
Somersaults
Somersaults The Ordinary Somersault, Either Backwards Or Forwards, As The Case May Be, Is Simply The Turning Over Of The Body When In The Water. When Performing The Back Somersault, The Head Is Bent As Far Back As Possible, The Legs Are Drawn Well Up, And The Arms Brought In ...
Staying Under Water
Staying Under Water From A Swimming Point Of View No Particular Merit Attaches To This Performance, But Some Remarkable Feats Have Been Publicly Accomplished By Experts. Most Writers Insist That It Is Impossible To Remain Under Water More Than One Or Two Minutes Without Suffocation, But There Are Many Well-authenti ...
Swimming Drill
Swimming Drill After 'numbering' And Standing At Attention,' Proceed With :— Leg Movement—position.—on The Command 'position,' Place Hands On Hips. Combined Arm And Leg Movement — Posi Tion.—on The Com Mand Position,' Raise The Arms By Bending Them Upwards From The Elbows And Bring The Hands To The Sides Of ...
Swimming Hands And Feet
Swimming Hands And Feet Tied The Ordinary Method Of Swimming In This Fashion Is With The Ankles And Wrists Firmly Tied With Tapes. The Swimmer Dives In Somewhat Obliquely, As If Going For A Plunge, So That He May Rise To The Surface On His Breast Without Taking A Stroke. ...
Swimming On The Back
Swimming On The Back The Great Importance Of Back Swimming Has Been Little Recognised By Swimmers. Very Great Attention Is Paid To The Faster Methods Of Progression, Championships And Ordinary Races For Every Conceivable Distance Having Been Promoted; Back Swimming, However, The Knowledge Of Which Is Of Primary Im Portance ...
The Arm Movements
The Arm Movements As Regards The Arm Movements Some Divergence Of Opinion Exists As To The Correct Position In Which The Hands Should He Held And Maintained. For Instance, Mr. Cobbett Says That In The First Position The Hands Should Be Placed Together, The Fingers Touching, And That After The ...
The Art Of Swimming
The Art Of Swimming The Breast-stroke The Movements Which Are Necessary In Order That A Man May Propel Himself Through The Water Are Acquired. If They Were Natural, There Would Be No Difficulty In Learning, Because They Would Be Made Instinctively, As With Quadrupeds, Who Of Course Have To Follow ...