Olympic Swimming - by Cheyanne

Medley Swimming Relay

Included in the Olympics is a very popular sport and that is the Medley Relay. In this relay swimming is only involved. Four different strokes for four different people makes up this exciting team sport. 
 Swimming as fast as you can beating your opponents is the aim of the event.  When you are swimming you have to do the right strokes and the right turns. This relay also  has strict rules, and strict referees. 
 All  athletes included in the Medley relay wear a type of suit called jons. This suit prevents drag. A pair of goggles the swimmer wears keeps the water  and chlorine out of their eyes and the swimming cap also helps keep the swimmers hair out of the way.  
The talents and skills needed for the medley relay is strength and stamina. Exercise is very important to do if you are a contestant in this sport. Swimming is about techniques and is also about mental psychology.  
Overall I think that the medley relay would be fun to do. I also think that this sport is for very fit people.  Athletes who compete in this event must be very very fit in order to compete.
Jorja

Swimming is the Bomb!

 

  In the past few days we have been swimming at the Glen Innes pools. Once we got there we had to swim, but it was to see what group we were in. At the end I was in group 3 the advanced group.

Our first activity was called “ kicking “. We had to kick on the floaters and go all the way to the other end of the pool. The thing about that is it was really really tiring. The most shocking thing of all is that we do it every day!!!

The favorite exercise I liked, was the 9 o'clock change. The 9 o’clock change is where you lay on your back and put one hand in the water, then one hand behind you. After that you have a push off and then your hand behind you,springs up into the air and then in a slit moment you put your “air hand” on the water and flip your other hand behind you.

Sounds hard but when you get the hang of it, it’s really not that bad as you think it is!!! Finally it’s the end of the lesson ohh but we still have a little bit of time left and we spend it on free time!!! My friends and I were lifting each other and slamming them into the pool.

I love swimming because im really good at it and it gets my stamina up and if you're hot (In temperature) it’s another way to “cool off”

Swimming

Making our way to the pools, I could hear the rustling sound of plastic bags. Although it wasn’t

as noisy and the chattering children. As we wait for the other kids to catch up I was sooo eager

to start our swimming lessons.

Entering the pools, instantly I smell the scent of chlorine. Staring at the water, I just couldn’t wait

to jump.

 As I put my swimming togs on, they felt still a bit damp from the day before. “Ahh” I sighed as I

hopped in the hot shower. Walking out of the changing rooms, the feeling of coldness hit me like

a struck of lightning.

 “Okay slip yourselves in and grab a flutter board”, our instructor ordered. This was going to be

an awesome lesson, I just knew it. From the water yesterday, today's one felt a bit warmer.

 Pushing off the wall, I felt like a penguin gliding through the water. While kicking my way to the

end of the pool, I nearly caught up to one of my friends. Sadly she beat me. But not by far.

“Alright, that was awesome guys. Now we’re just going to do two more lengths then move on”

our instructor announced. Thinking to myself I just knew this was going to be piece  of  cake. Or

that’s what I thought.

  I suppose it wasn’t as easy as I thought at the start. Finishing my second length I was getting

so tired. Maybe I regret saying this was going to be an awesome lesson.

  Struggling to get out of the pool, a shiver drove up my spine causing me to shake  and shiver.

Making my way to changing rooms, I just couldn’t wait to hop in that hot shower again.

  Another nice, but tiring swim lesson. I hope tomorrow’s swim will be less tiring. Back to old plain school now.

Vocab list for swimming

Swimming Lessons

Swimming, not exactly my favourite sport. But I guess it’s better than staying at school and doing work, plus it’s good exercise. And, maybe we’ll get free time, I thought to myself. Swimming can be pretty fun.... sometimes.

I was sitting on the edge of the pool, with my legs lazily dangling off the edge, when suddenly Mr Marks, our instructor in the big pool said, “Alright,Litia it’s time to get in the pool”. With a splash I was in the water trying to get warm by jumping around a little bit, until I got used to it. With my goggles on, and a powerful push off the wall I was off down the side of the pool.


Yay, I thought to myself as I looked up and saw the end of the pool was so close. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t been swimming for ages,so I was panting and wanted to just flop down and float in the pool. But I had to go back to the end of the line, so with a huge push I was out of the water dripping, and exhausted.


“Go Vivienne,go”, I shouted as I walked back to our line. Sitting down I watched my friends swim as I cheered them on. Whenever one of them stopped halfway, I made sure I kept cheering them on till they got to the end. All of them swum really, really well.


At first I didn’t really want to go swimming, but in the end I actually liked it and was looking forward to the next sessions.

Swimming Time

Mr Marks led us to the YMCA Lagoonfor our swimming lessons, as I got more excited, I was definitely hoping that I was in the large pools. Sure enough, I was. I went zooming past as Mr Marks said “go Starford”

It was my turn to get in. My teeth were chattering as I slid into the chlorinated pool, and cold water stung me all over, I was FREEZING!

As I pushed of the wall I went glidding through the water, looking stragiht up at the roof. I golped some water and I started to cough. Finally I reached the end and me and my friends were glad we made it.

“Yay” I said to my friends, we moved on to freetime and we started playing some wrestling im the pool. Mr Marks told us It was time to get out and get changed

Room 17 Have Been Having Swimming Lessons