PHED 121 - Intermediate Swimming

Designed for students who have some swimming experience. Front crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke, overarm sidestroke, and inverted breaststroke. Two hours each week. Formerly PE 130.

1 semester hour

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Demonstrate breath control (holding and rhythmic breathing).
Demonstrate floats and glides, as well as personal safety and survival skills.
Demonstrate front crawl (100 yards in good form), back crawl (100 yards in good form), elementary backstroke (100 yards in good form), breaststroke (100 yards in good form), and sidestroke (50 yards in good form).
Gain experience in and understanding of the aquatic areas of diving, skin diving/snorkeling, and use of training aids.
Make an evaluation of individual skills with the use of video recordings.
Swim one mile (1800 yards) using all of the basic strokes learned in the course.

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