| Show I SOME EXPERT ADVICE ON LEARNING TO SWIM I IP P below show how tho the correct positions when using the breast breut stroke Beginning at the left are First and ami last position of ot breast stroke Body Bod straight on water waters with wi th slight alight downward slant head erect tums arms stretched out parallel In front tron t on surface palms down legs to together gether straight and toes pointing backward Second See nd position of ot breast stroke after being turned back to back bock aro ato swept along just jud under tho the water with a firm stroke until a little beyond the tho right angle when they are turned palms downward and rounded Into the body Third position of ot breast stroke From the chest c eSt the tho arms are pushed out slowly to original position As the arms move moo forward tho the knees are aro fIrst bent and then opened open d keep keeping keepIng ing hoIe together and arni then straightened out as a In position No 4 Photographs Photograph below beginning at the let left are Fourth position of ot breast br Oat stroke As the arm arms are about aMut to attain the tho full reach the tho legs lep from the position shown here are ore snapped sharply closed as 83 shown In first position Tho o body far 14 then than allowed to glide until momentum Is Host This Thill shows tho the correct position of or In the tho water the surface c between tho the mouth and the nose The swimmer Is here shown gliding after atter having snapped legs together p pr II 4 p r V A 4 p I TIT l i L X 4 u UK M At u A Ao Creole Swimmer and Water lozo 1010 Player N UNDERTAKING to point out in a afew afew IK IN I few fow brief articles the tho chief chlof char of the various swimming strokes now In tn general use showing the 21 Individual advantages ot of each and anet giving some hints on en the beet beat ways to acquire acUre them space apace forbids forbid enlarging on the many benefits to be derived from the art of ot Nevertheless less 10 one feels fools that the subject can hardly be handled bandied fairly without first reminding the that tho knowledge and practice of thle thie branch of athletics enable one to enjoy eny with far tar keener keeler appreciation the pleasures of bathing to develop every evor set see of et mus muscle cle eJe in the tho body bodT bed to onee life lUo and that of o a fellow follow being In those oases of nt upon the tho water wa er that are so co during the outdoor sea aoa season season son And thus prefaced we wo may proceed to look leek into the question of hew new It Is 15 best to learn how bow to swim The first point to bo be touched upon U fn regards the tho stroke that Is most mat adapted to the be bo beginner sinner ginner a matter upon which opinions vary greatly l Unquestionably the so called speed strokes stroke are best beet for tor all aU allaround allaround around work Including plea uro wim Wlm minK ming and tho who hold bold a contrary view maintaining that the on and the are only onI fit for racing shew ah w a total Ignorance of the tho very principles of Every ful stroke and by bT sue suc successful Is meant m one that has bas proved efficient In sprinting as will well as in distance swimmers represents ta the summing up of ot th the most meet recent rHent discoveries dl eov cries eries of the Ih masters of In their study of et the problem of ot how to gala gain the tho b beet Het t re in ep epand speed d dand and endurance out of ot the forces at our disposal Spot for Learner L A shelving peel pool or natatorium with shallow hallow water at OBO ORo end makes the themo most mo t de spot for tor one to learn loam In but any bit of ot open epen water WILter with a depth of from three tb to five feet rt i is al si almot sia a mot most t as a good IaRY instructors advocate advocate cate deeper d or water and possibly Ja utI but in Ut the tho natural timid timidity timidIty ity It of the must be Ite taken Into IntI consideration It is essential e to be beAl beat Al at i to concentrate eG ones mind on the thein in aft v points point to be remembered and this is I when whan nervous Kven floating devises often otten fail fall to restore confidence The growing tendency to recommend land a to the beginner i is Ie an J I ti f t tc tI 1 c I excellent one productive of ot the best bt re reMil T reMU Mil MU The movements can oan cannet cannot net not help hall but hot sustain if properly saM gone through In the tho water WIlter and It is a long step In the right direction to get the arms and legs lop used to performing them beforehand b These Those movements are th the following Wo 0 Will that the body Is III floating on the water In the prescribed pre position with head the tho lenat bit ele ole elevated rated d torso and leg straight and slightly slanted downward toes toe to Ol point pointIng log Inc back baek arms arm stretched out in front fronton on the surface surra parallel and palm down the waterline cutting between none nOlle and mouth and sloping off ort the back The arms arnie propel first The hands bands are turned back to back baek and swept around just jut below th the and par parallel slid nUel to It describing an aroh that ter terminates terminates ml ates when the outstretched arms arm have hae passed pa a little beyond the tho right rightangle angle anido Then the rounded Into the cliNt chest still palms doWn don And pushed forward under water to starting peal position position tion The backward sweep swep must be strong steady and even the pushing push In forward easy Ol and slow Tho The leg drive universally taught with the tho breast stroke is IS called the frog kick but others are aro ar available a atut fact tut net not generally realized Owing to the tile frog kick being compulsory in Bt stroke racing there thero has arisen arlen the Ute belief bellet that it Is best suited but sueh Is not Dot always alwa the case oase Many lany veterans vetran find more effective the use uee of et the scissors klok kiok Learn Stroke Str kr ke krAt keAt At the same me time Ume it lt h l shorter and easier to learn the stroke than any of the more complicated eom varieties which In fast fact It is III practically impossible Impossible sible for the novice to acquire a unald unaided ed fd And the first object of ot I swimming Is 11 to enable one to keep I afloat it would seem HeIR sensible s to lay a solid foundation with tho the least peel poHl possible ble blo delay leaving to the tatar future higher attainments The Tho longest t road is at times the surest And there is the theother theother theother other consideration that the tho man who learns how to swim merely as a means of or better enjoying hit his summer Immer Immersions alone may like te to glide along with head above water taking In the beau beauties beauties beauties ties of ot the scenery This Thill luxury tho the and crawl do not allow for forthe forthe the head Is most moot of the thee time sub submerged submerged merged Besides which It Is well to remember that the most modern moth meth methods of ot lifesaving are based almost almot en on entirely upon the tho breast brea t and back backstrokes backstrokes strokes To the writer It appears wisdom to tackle tho the breast stroke first even ven en If racing be the th objective goal In this article we will consider the reader having reached the same IOme conclusion and leaving to a later lator date the die dl of the speed varieties Two Tw possibilities arise arle here that of eC being able to place ones self in the hands handl of or an expert to be taught and that of or having to tackle the task tuk alone atone There Is not a particle partial of doubt that a competent Instructor can teach toach one correctly In about half halt the time that It takes to learn Incorrectly un nfl unaided unaided aided Still many manT are arp not In a VOI position position tion to secure a good each and aDd to these the e we will try to show how bow to sue oe The Tho frog kick klok consists of drawing up the legs by br opening the knees knee while keeping the heels together thou then the lower logs legs are aro straightened out from the knee until the feet which have been slightly turned up meanwhile are about a n yard ard apart then thon the toes are aro bent quickly down and the legs snapped sharply together I In tho the scissors kick klok IOk one log leg Is held he straight the other othor bent to a kneeling position and whisked back hard be beside side sWo the other othor with the tho ankle Impart Imparting ImpartIng Imparting ing the least outward rotary motion Some Essential Methods Method A point which presented methods make essential is the dividing of arm armand armand and Ind leg movements Into distinct and successive Ie sets In former days the people were taught to use uso both to together together together gether but now the tho arms complete completo the work of propulsion before the legs logs are moved at all It is only when whon the hands have reached the tho chest cheat and aro arc starting forward on the recovery that the legs begin to open and they the are not snapped together until the arms are fully tully extended Modern Instructors say nay that this system Insures the best results because It does away aWa with the sudden and com corn complete complete check that occurred with the old timing when legs and arms recovered simultaneously as they killed absolutely absolutely the tho momentum Imparted by the combined drives In separating tho the actions a clean run Is obtained after 1 |
