The C U Sc
The C. U. S.c. Bathing-shed (photographed By A. T. Masterman, Pres. C. U.s.c.) Polo Brought About The First Match With Oxford. The Club Is Affiliated To The Midland District Association Of The A.s.a., Whilst Oxford Is Affiliated To The Southern District Association Of That Body. The Bathing-sheds At Cambridge Are ...
The Complete Swimming Stroke
The Complete Swimming Stroke For The Practice Of The Leg And Arm Movements Combined The Learner Should Be Taught In A 'girdle' Or A Belt, And Should Carefully Observe The Foregoing Instructions. The Practice Should Be As Follows : R. Steadily Incline The Body To A Horizontal Position, With The ...
The Crawl Stroke
The Crawl Stroke Many Swimmers Were Of Opinion That The Trudgen' Stroke, As Now Understood, Was Identically The Same Stroke As Used By Trudgen, But This Is Incorrect. Trudgen Swam High Out Of The Water, Thrusting Both Arms In Front Of Him, With His Chest And Head Well Raised, But ...
The Government Of Swimming
The Government Of Swimming The Banding Of Clubs Together For The Protection Of Their Corn• Mon Interests Has Had A Very Marked Effect Upon The Progress Of Amateur Swimming As A Competitive Sport During The Last Quarter Of A Century. In Its Early Days The Governing Body Was Almost Universally ...
The Leg Stroke
The Leg Stroke There Are Three Distinct Motions Of The Legs Necessary To Make A Complete Leg Stroke. The First Is, That Of The Feet Being Drawn Up Towards The Body ; The Second, Of Turning The Toes Outward And At The Same Time Stretching The Legs Sideways Nearly To ...
The Over Arm Side Stroke
The 'over-arm' Side-stroke The Old-fashioned Over-arm Swimmer Lay On The Water, With His Shoulder-blades At Right Angles To The Surface, And The Upper Arm When Pulling Through The Water Was Almost Entirely Immersed, While In The Recovery Its Upper And Heaviest Part Was Above The Surface. Careful Observance Of This ...
The Pendulum
The Pendulum To Perform This Trick The Body Should Be Allowed To Float On The Water With The Arms Stretched Out Well Beyond The Head But In Line With The Body. The Head Should Be Thrown Well Back And The Body Kept Perfectly Still. A Good Inspiration Is Then Taken ...
The Propeller
The Propeller It Requires Considerable Practice To Attain Perfection In This Trick. One Must Be Able To Float Well, And So Balance The Body As To Counteract The Sculling Action Of The Arms While The Exercise Is Being Performed. The Movement Has The Tendency Of Raising The Head Above The ...
The Referee
The Referee If There Be One Thing More Than Another That Causes Dis Putes Among Clubs, It Is The Appointment Of Inefficient Referees. A Referee Should Be Cool And Impartial, Of Known Capability, And Thoroughly Self-confident. Unless He Be The Latter He Is Not Of Much Use, As His Decisions ...
The School Bathing Place
The School Bathing Place They've Done With The Mud And The Muddle, The Rubbish Is All Cleared Away Once More Are The Waves Of Duck-puddle Restored To The Light Of The Day. The Sweep Of Her Waters Is Widei; Her Basin Is Full To The Brink, And The Seats All ...
The Side Stroke
The Side-stroke This Method Of Progression Through The Water Was At One Time Considered The Best Style Of Swimming For Racing Purposes, But The Advent And Perfection Of The Over-arm And Strokes Have Caused It To Become Almost Obsolete. It Is Now Rarely Taught, Or Even Practised, Except For The ...
The Teaching Of Swimming
The Teaching Of Swimming It Is To Be Regretted That Those Possessing The Necessary Technical Knowledge And Practical Proficiency Have Hitherto Made So Few Attempts To Place The Teaching Of Swimming On A Proper Scientific Basis. When Everything Is Done By Rule Of Thumb,' It Is Not Surprising To Find ...
The Trudgen Stroke
The Trudgen Stroke Many Forms Of This Stroke Are Adopted By Sprint Swimmers And Water-polo Players. It Is A Very Fatiguing Method Of Pro Gression, And Rarely Used For Distances Over 200 Yards ; But For Short Races It Is Constantly Preferred To The Ordinary Over-arm Stroke. It Was First ...
Treading Water
Treading Water It Is Generally Imagined That Treading Water Is A Very Easy Method Of Progression, Possibly Because The Action By Which It Is Accomplished Ap Pears To Be Almost The Same As That Of Walk Ing. There Are Some Preposterous Stories As To The Ability Of The Soldiers Of ...
Under Water
Under Water The Ability To Swim Under Water Is Often Of Service, But The Encouragement Of Competitions In This Branch Of Swimming Is Extremely Inadvisable, Inasmuch As The Competitors Never Know When To Desist When A Prize Is In View, And Are Often Affected In A Dangerous Manner By Long ...
Water Polo
Water-polo The Game Of Water-polo Has Perhaps Done More During Recent Years To Popularise And To Cause An Interest To Be Taken In Swimming Than Any Other Branch Of The Sport. It Is Essentially A Game For Swimmers, And One That Affords No Lack Of Oppor Tunity For The Exhibition ...