HOW TO SWIM-THE SIDE STROKE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 1

HOW TO SWIM-THE SIDE STROKE.

t^Sisifaer a mah %-a swimmer or nolMit staking tin j>aifig»?g;strdke, he 6npifij#egin with .l% '^^j^S^lgi" a il^PWitK waiec^ al^letofeX- fcetjin tioflai&or ~a floa£' supjSortjfSv Take bold ofj^& support : -l^M^K*Wy:re|t ois i^tjsjjyater, oh' ; 'ite. > ;sna.ej4'*ira_ Jegs pnS^i&w. open '.'the jegs^yery'jsloyly, •nbßfi I bi|H|shi6nl'^but ;: 'fro§f-^arias"lfti(!k l .;. as fm^wHßiiig. ; -ThVup^^wM 5 be br&u|psJBifir'wardV, almost : l s|wfigtet^ j tho Vmfel^gfpk, bent to - : .i ' -kneelirfg flpjKitioy^ i«flen . they are; about two*' feet "apar^flSp sharply together, :'?."%, >r1 . ThaipoSmon 6f'the-T)odysis onohangedi|K3Se/cnit' / your : sidoj; with, body and • legs'inrta ' straight 'line ; both' annl'.^tor- . petld^icularly ove'r your haad, and"' the ■ palmav turned slightly aw^Kfrom the facfe. JBririg. upper arm down smartly, keeping/ it'vrigid/'at elbo^^aiid wrist, -palm vof- hand • 6pen. -.'fingefß well- together, i. . GarryVVrt tlironghi the .water just- below -V the . : -#urf ace, describing a • soniicircle rto'^n^^atvihe .^fiighj- then benoi : :arin ,"a't-fth'g/:'elBow an.d bring -,4t forfvard weli;:ab^fe water.Vlurttt/iCTis str^ighfe'before yoii ifi the ;6jigina| jo|itio'n: .:s-'4EKe ' iinder^ al ™ should" be -started, !when-jihe. ; .u§per";bne' is^just 'about through: with iti/ stroke, and should be brought down.-witfi /force, Sflmost .paralel to it, so that-'at the. finish it brushes the! lower thigh; then it is. bent a^;the elbpw.like thewber, and -tTought? forward just belbjc'.'. the' 'surf ice. i. y The upper arih should rest or^jthe ; wat«r, - at .-full reach, i?Ki]o the under 0115* recovers, until it is -at the Height of 'the head; v. -;-^. ■■:£,;.■.>* ■ The.-, action .qf'Vthg arms^jn Hhe strike, entails -&' 'rolling motion- o^tSo body which buries the faco at every stroke. . .This nece'ssitatea *.ah artifkfcl , way of breathing'.which hns io be learn-' ed before the stroke can be'swum pro. perly. It is '^advisable ?tp make "a especial study^bf-'jit. Air should be inhaled-: through t^e mouth as^_the npp6r arm is being brought downV'and shouldbe, exhaled through the nostrils,- under water, whilev thej, under arm- goes forward. ,'i.Spme fiiifl this .impossible, even after long practise, and. breathe in and out I through the /pjouth "during the short period that the? -face is abdve water, but; if one can'ijcquirifjthe'.-iitheriwaj', it is far the best! ■".' -v*' .; * The legs .shoalcj be . opened .very slowly just as tbe;.under arni siuttigt* recovery.; :they/ahould. be -sjiapped to. gether when ths 'jiippor. arm'i'is in the middle of its stroke*. -Improperly tiro, ed.jthe side strpHp gives- a-%lean, fewn progress,,.withpvit cia break "tor. a' check. — Dde B.Hahai9y, in "Ou'tpg." S.f>' ; •: :i .. .-> • ■-