Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-30
}. W. Robb, Expert Teach
er, VIII Show the Boys
How to Swim.
HAS TAUGHT OVER $500
Strokes That Our Fathers
Used Have Been Dis
carded Long Ago.


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Expert i'achcr'
And If you want to learn the strokes,
one Of the most expert and successful
teachers of swimming i'm the United
States will be at your disposal j. w.
RObb of the Tulsa Y. NJ c. A. has
taught $500 men and boys how to
SWIM, ana many times that many the
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| Of teacbing tba fi,.sf ,rinoinIos ~
swimming has bacnn1o poLsoioto bo
|causa n is nTrnotnraI oInNritT,r "
/ Robb II consists of tbroo n1oyorIe,t ~
one with tbe arms and two VIII ~
legs A better motbod ig ,'o n,.or,I
/ stIoke which eo to eno,L is IN t,yo
! four time # is wb9t aiI tbn how,
! who have swan in their own swim
ming hole know as tbe "do,, stroke :,
ouI-ol wafer bci'lo''s'ra'ioh'
Robb demonstrates out OF water
Just now this stroke Is taken Then
the students are made to accomplish
1t out Of water. When this has been
/ perfected each is taken separately
INTO the water. Here Robb uses two
helnous' flrst' eaCh student Is fas-
| tened IN sort OF breast suspehsory
| TO WhlCh Is fastened STOUT rope and q
polG' RopD sIahGs on Ihe slde or tht
poor anu susPehuS Iile sIuueht IN tne
nalural uepth OF the wafer lie is
| ihstr ructed 10 take the stroke, ana as
/ ne advances IIe instructor walks by ms
sue freseIly me me ~ slackeIeo
ana inc st9uCnI mas learned 10 keel
on the surface by hlmseif. lie mas
become a swimmer IL taxes 10 MN
uIGS TOT the average, according TO BOD
PuI Ine eAGepllon 70 'ne II RUE @ uoes
n9tionce Tho Host tp'S cor,inor r5,atalge utIt, Us
| is in the leg movement. Too MANY
| tI-v to swim with their lower lirnbs
The legs should act as mere paddles
not as propellers. says Robb. They
should bend at the knee only and the
mistake comes in bending at the hips
This error is corrected by the in
structor standing beside the learner in
| the pool and holding one arm beneath
| the wrong place. the other beneath
! the body TO support the student II
is the second method. After awhile
| he learns and the desire Of wears has
Leen accomplished
The fancy swimmer is the result
of wears Of practice. but Robb saws
The stroIes come readily after one has
! learned the rudinents Of the game
The famous Australian crawl is the
fastest mode Of propelling oneself I'm
! the water. Anyone who has watched
GOOD swimmers has seen the stroke
| although n NAV NOT have been recop-
nized The swimmers head seems 70
be under water almost half the time,
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