Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-13
Y. Nj. Method
Of Teaching
Swimming


first stroke to learn. 1t has been
proven that the crawl-the simph-
fed crawl, it is called--is the most
natural way OF swimming; once it is
learned the breast stroke comes
easily, which is not as true OF the
crawl when the brest stroke has
been learned first.
The Y. NJ. {. A. has worked out
method of .eaching swimming by
initiating swimming and floating OBJ
jeets and gradually working into %he
crawl. Through their courtesy |
give it here For beginners, there
fore, I would suggest class, which
makes learning more play than work,
and the combined finances tf a class
make the matter of an instructors
expense trivial
II you will study carefully the fol-
lowing lessons, you may even work
the crawl out by yourself But it is
an interesting way of presenting it,
planned to get the mind off the fear
OF water by substituting other
1. The Hungry Duck-When a
duck is hungry he pokes his head
under the water TO look for some
thing to eat. If he can see under
water we can, too. Open the eyes
after the face is under water. Don't
hurry about it, hold your breath,
take your time, look at your fingers.
All the hungry ducks ready-go.
2. Motorboat Breathing-A motor
boat is an efficient breather. because
it takes air in through one valve, the
carburetor, and lets It out under
water through the exhaust pipe. Now,
Just for demonstration, one OF the
leaders will take good breath in
through his mouth, or carburetor,
above water, and let it out through
his nose, or exhaust pipe, under
water.
We can get enough air in through
the mouth above water in one sec
ond to let out through the nose un-
der water for 20 seconds. Now, let
all the motorboats get breathing.
Everybody go slow and easy. Don't
blow out hard; Just let the lungs re-
lax and expel the air easily. Try 1t
bending the knees and bobbing up
and down.
Now try the same breathing turn
ing the face to the side and holding
the head partly in the water. all the
time. Use the nose for exhalation
when at all possible, but when de-
feet prohibits mouth can be used.
Breathe 10 times without stopping
in free and easy way before going
farther.
3. Jelly Fish or Lily Pod-Now
that we have found that the face and
ewes won't shrink from washing and
that we won't die if we put our faces
under waten let's bob around like
a Jelly fish Oh lily pod that's broken
adrift. Everybody take a deep
breath and hold it; put face down
in the water and bring the knees up
to the chest, clasping them with the
arms. You'll bob like an empty jug
with a cork in it. When you want
to stand, let 90 of your knees and
put your feet down, throw your head
back, and push down with hands.
Remember, jelly fish is soft, so
YOU must relax. Now, at the word
90, all the jelly fish start to float
Don't stand till the whistle blows at
the 10th count.
4. The Mud Turtle-We have
proven to ourselves that the wa
ter will carry us, so we can now
initiate a mud turtle floating i'll a
pond, warming his back in the sun.
500 how he rests on the water; his
neck is sticking out OF his she'll and
his arms and his legs are spread out
to balance him in the water. Youl
see it carries him. 1t will carry you,
too. But remember that to get the
feet Up the chin must come down
to the chest. First the jelly fish
position; then stretch the arms and
legs out. Open your eyes and al
ways know where you are. Come
on, now, turtles, and let's sun !
while.
S. The Dutch Windmill-All along
the canals in Holland are windmills
with arms, which revolve swiftly
when the wind blows Let's initiate
a two-arm windmill, the back arm
of which is always a full length
behind the one in front, because
both are on the same piece OF wood.
When the left arm is down the right
arm is up, and vice versa.
Now all out of water. Let's pad
die like a Dutch windmill. Bend
over little. Now the big wind, and
fast we go.
Standing in the water just as
though the windmill had been blown
into the canal, let's walk, making |
our arms 60 round. See If you
can't help pull with the paddles.
Next put the face down and paddle
across with feet on bottom. Now
like the sled across the surface OF
the water with the windmill paddles
pulling across the tank. Go slow
and don't worry about progress.
Next add the motor boat breathing
tc the windmill stroke, and you'll
find it works fine. Rotate the head
to the left side as the left arm goes
I'D and nhale; let it out when the
face goes down.
s. Windmill and Steamboat Com
bination-One day while the wind
mill was padding along, steamboat
came along behind it and collided,
and the two were stuck together.
They never could get them apart
again, so forever after the windmill
padded on the front end and the
steam boat padded on the back, and
it made a good combination. The
work of the steamboat is simbly
thrashing the legs from the hips up
and down in the water. All ready
for the combination.
Now Just remember the carbure-
tor and exhaust breathing, and add
it to the windmill and steamboat