How to Swim
by James H. Sterrett
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sterrett, James H.
- Title
- How to swim : A practical manual of swimming by a practical swimmer and a guide to the novice as well as the expert showing the easiest methods of learning to swim, dive and float, various kinds of strokes, with directions and illustrations for acquiring the crawl and trudge-crawl strokes. Also a chapter on modern life-saving, and one for women and girl swimmers.
- Original Publication
- United States: American Sport Publishing Company, 1917.
- Credits
- Bob Taylor, Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Swimming
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 70397
- Release Date
- March 27, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.HOW TO SWIM
- 3.Untitled
- 4.James H. Sterrett
- 5.Swimming a Necessary Part of One’s Education — The Simple Method — Crawl Teaching Is Quickest — The Breast Stroke — Breathing — The Over-arm Side Stroke — Breast Stroke Elementary — Right Side for Illustration — The Pull Through — Keep on the Side — The Double-Over-arm or “Trudgeon” Stroke — The Stroke for Distance Work — Depends Upon Side — The Test of Breathing — The Crawl Stroke — The Important Point — The Leg Movement — The Recognized Methods of the Crawl Stroke
- 6.Training for Speed Swimming
- 7.Touching and Turning
- 8.Ornamental Swimming
- 9.Floating
- 10.Diving — Shallow Dive — Running Header — Back Dive — Diving Feet Foremost — The Propeller — Marching on the Water — Swimming on the Back
- 11.Long-Distance Endurance Swimming
- 12.Women and Girl Swimmers
- 13.Modern Methods of Life-Saving
- 14.Competitive Diving — Regulations for Diving Competitions — HOW TO SCORE A DIVING COMPETITION. — SUGGESTIONS FOR SCORE CARDS.
- 15.Untitled
- 16.Transcriber’s Notes
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