LEARN TO SWIM

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVII, Issue 62, 8 February 1939, Page 2

LEARN TO SWIM

SOME ELEMENTARY HI 1J;I Instructions for teaching or In ing swimming, which arc exactly same as those being officially nsec the national “Learn to Swim”c paign now in progress, have k made available by the National f, mittee of Swimming and Life sav It is intended to publish the km in instalments, so that anyone * ing to swim may learn thoroughly stages, beginning wiflh the stfi elementary exercises. This method of instruction swimming was agreed upon by ! Zealand’s most competent concha a conference held in AYellington December. It has been approve! the standard means of instructim the Dominion bv the technical a: ority, the Bureau of Instruction i Coaching of the New Zealand A teur Swimming Association. LESSON I.—CONFIDENCE, ( onfidcnce is the first essentia] swimming. Many methods, suck romping and fun generally, may used to gain the pupil’s conlida and eliminate water shyness when is first learning to swiim. To pal lisli order and sequence in iiistn lion, progress through several stay has proved successful. (Note: This can he practised home, using a basin of water or hath. Constance practice i- n«, snrv. Breath control is the key success in swimming). (a) Hold the nose, shut the py breathe in and shut the mouth, a: with all these closed in this jnann submerge the head and stay M for the count of five. (b) Still holding the nose, as in I first exercise, and with the mouth a eves shut, open the eyes when po plctelv below the water and pm

(c) Hold the side of (he bath, I rope or the rail or the beach xi both hands, submerge the feu*, op the eyes, count five, return to t surface. Now what follows is mi important. AYlien the face is lift, breathe the water out of the n„ open the mouth and take aiinth breath. Don’t fail to do 11 . a , will lie of great assistance to you. (d) Lay the cheek on the wat, take in a breath through tin moot place the face in the water, breath out through nose and month, th( turn the face for another hr, uh an breathe in. Repeat the exercise. (Note: Try to do this exen : o dai!) at home for at least ten infinites), | A FURTHER EXERCISE. (a) The pupil stands about wait! deep at the edge of the hath ,r pooll grasping the rail or rope at watcl level, the arms at full length. (b) Take a deep breath, mid con: I five audibly. The object : to g'j the pupil an idea as to how long h will be expected to remain at tb next stage. (e) (i) Grasping the rail, (it) tab a deep breath and (iii) go under hold the breath for a moment and open the eves as the breath i let out through the nose and mouili in tl> form of a sigh. The object of thin exercise is to open the eves undft the water. (To be continued).