Swim Team Activity Pack

The following pages are a small collection of activities that your children can do while we are all out of the water.

As the days go on it is easy for us to start to feel isolated as we lack our usual social contacts and routine. Send pictures of what you do to [email protected] and we will share them with the club so that we can all stay connected! Swimming Word Search 1

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Breaststroke Official Cap Open turn Fins Pool Flags Practice Flip turn Start Fly Swim meet Goggles Taper Kickboard Time Lane lines Towel Mesh bag Underwater Swimming Word Search 2

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Backstroke Lifeguard Breaststroke Olympic Butterfly Pool Cap Relays Dive Style Freestyle Swim Front crawl Swimsuit Goggles Team Individual Water Lengths Swimming Quiz

____ A stroke in which both arms are lifted simultaneously out of the water and flung forward, in combination with a dolphin kick. A. Breaststroke B. Flutter-kick C. Freestyle D. Butterfly

____ A stroke in which both hands move simultaneously forward, outward from in front of the chest, and the legs move in a frog-like manner. A. Breaststroke B. Dolphin kick C. Freestyle D. Medley

____ A start in which one or more swimmers leave the blocks before the starting signal. A. Medley B. Relay start C. Freestyle D. False start

____ This floating line divides the lanes in the pool. A. Silly string B. Yarn C. Dental floss D. Lane line

____ A kick where the legs are held straight and moved up and down alternately. A. Breaststroke B. Dolphin kick C. Butterfly D. Flutter kick

____ The first stroke in the individual medley event. A. Breaststroke B. Butterfly C. Backstroke D. Freestyle

____ The first stroke in the medley relay event. A. Breaststroke B. Butterfly C. Backstroke D. Freestyle

____ Backstroke and freestyle swimmers use this turn. A. Open turn B. Two-handed turn C. Flip turn D. Stop and climb out

____ This is the distance of the Olympic open-water swimming event. A. 100 meters B. 1500 meters C. 2 miles D. 10 kilometers

____ A stroke in which the swimmer is on his or her back, using a flutter kick, rotating the arms alternately and backward. A. Breaststroke B. Backstroke C. Freestyle D. Butterfly

____ This is the distance by which a swimmer must break the water surface on a backstroke start or turn. A. 1 meter B. 25 yards C. 50 meters D. 15 meters Swimming Crafts

What do you look like at practice?

Design a swim cap!

Make your own crazy goggles!

Build a pool!

How creative are your swim fins? Swimming Coloring Pages

Swimming Treats Swimming Trivia

Did you know...

The sport of swimming dates from Ancient Egypt and Greece.

The average high school swimmer swims 1 million strokes per season.

Coach Robert swam in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

In the first Olympic Games, only men could compete. And there wasn’t a heated, indoor pool—the athletes had to swim in the sea!

Swim fins were invented by Benjamin Franklin.

Caeleb Dressel, the fastest swimmer in the world, is a member of Gator Swim Club.

Long-course competition pools aren’t exactly 50 meters long. A pool must allow a full 50 meters of water between touchpads to satisfy international competitive standards mandated USA Swimming, so they are actually a bit longer than 50 meters!

Coach Sue was the first coach for the UF Women’s Swimming program.

Swim goggles weren’t used in the Olympics until 1976 in Montreal.

A 2014 survey by the American Red Cross revealed that more than half of Americans cannot swim.

Swimming is a great cardiovascular exercise because you are moving against the water’s resistance, which is over ten times that of the air.

Speedo’s “Fast skin” fabric for tech suits emulates shark’s skin. The shark’s quickness is attributed to V shaped ridges on its skin that decrease drag and turbulence around the shark’s body, allowing more efficiency. This techonology helps a swimmer pass through the water more effectively.

Kangaroos are great swimmers.

Swimmers use every major muscle in their bodies. Off to the Races!

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A. Breaststroke

D. False start

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D. Flutter kick

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C. Backstroke

C. Flip turn

D. 10 kilometers

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D. 15 meters