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Synchronized Swimming

Author : Dawn Pawson Bean
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786419482
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Synchronized Swimming written by Dawn Pawson Bean and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-03-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From novelty tricks in swim classes, through the Aquacades and movies, to the highly complex Olympic competitions--this history of synchronized swimming tells how the sport grew, examines the role the United States has played in its worldwide development, and describes the status of synchronized swimming in world sporting events today. Among the topics covered are competition development, development around the United States, rules and technical changes, and leadership (from volunteers to a National Office). Four appendices list major award winners, U.S. National Champions, the results of major international competitions, and U.S. participation in international events. The work boasts photographs from the first trial national competition in 1942 to the World Championships of 2003, as well as a full bibliography.

Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water

Author : Vicki Valosik
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1324093056
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water written by Vicki Valosik and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicity—and power—in water. “If you’re not strong enough to swim fast, you’re probably not strong enough to swim ‘pretty,’?” said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers—none more so than synchronized swimmers, for whom Williams is often considered godmother. In this revelatory history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville to the Olympic arena, and brings to life the colorful cast of characters whose “pretty swimming” not only laid the groundwork for an altogether new sport but forever changed women’s relationships with water. Williams, who became a Hollywood sensation for her splashy “aquamusicals,” was just one in a long, bedazzled line of swimmers who began their careers as athletes but found greater opportunity, and often social acceptance, in the world of show business. Early starlets like Lurline the Water Queen performed “scientific” swimming, a set of moves previously only practiced by men—including Benjamin Franklin—that focused on form and exhibited mastery in the water. Demonstrating their fancy feats in aquariums and water tanks rolled onto music hall stages, these women stunned Victorian audiences with their physical dexterity and defied society’s rigid expectations of what was proper and possible for their sex. Far more than bathing beauties, they ushered in sensible swimwear and influenced lifesaving and physical education programs, helping to drop national drowning rates and paving the way for new generations of female athletes. When a Chicago physical educator matched their aquatic movements to music in the 1920s, young girls flocked to take part in “synchronized swimming.” But despite overwhelming love from audiences and the Olympic ambitions of its practitioners, “synchro” was long perceived as little more than entertaining pageantry, and its athletes would face a battle against the current to earn a spot at the highest echelons of sport. Now, on the fortieth anniversary of synchronized swimming’s elevation to Olympic status, Swimming Pretty honors its incredible history of grit, glamor, and sheer athleticism.

Rhythmic Swimming

Author : Katharine Whitney Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Rhythmic Swimming written by Katharine Whitney Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rhythmic Swimming

Author : Katharine Whitney Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Rhythmic Swimming written by Katharine Whitney Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Swimming Pools for Schools

Author : Donald W. Neilson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swimming Pools for Schools written by Donald W. Neilson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1954 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Diving and Swimming Book

Author : George Hebden Corsan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Diving and Swimming Book written by George Hebden Corsan and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Invertebrate Neurobiology

Author : John H. Byrne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190456779
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Invertebrate Neurobiology written by John H. Byrne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invertebrates have proven to be extremely useful model systems for gaining insights into the neural and molecular mechanisms of sensory processing, motor control and higher functions such as feeding behavior, learning and memory, navigation, and social behavior. A major factor in their enormous contributions to neuroscience is the relative simplicity of invertebrate nervous systems. In addition, some invertebrates, primarily the molluscs, have large cells, which allow analyses to take place at the level of individually identified neurons. Individual neurons can be surgically removed and assayed for expression of membrane channels, levels of second messengers, protein phosphorylation, and RNA and protein synthesis. Moreover, peptides and nucleotides can be injected into individual neurons. Other invertebrate model systems such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans offer tremendous advantages for obtaining insights into the neuronal bases of behavior through the application of genetic approaches. The Oxford Handbook of Invertebrate Neurobiology reviews the many neurobiological principles that have emerged from invertebrate analyses, such as motor pattern generation, mechanisms of synaptic transmission, and learning and memory. It also covers general features of the neurobiology of invertebrate circadian rhythms, development, and regeneration and reproduction. Some neurobiological phenomena are species-specific and diverse, especially in the domain of the neuronal control of locomotion and camouflage. Thus, separate chapters are provided on the control of swimming in annelids, crustaea and molluscs, locomotion in hexapods, and camouflage in cephalopods. Unique features of the handbook include chapters that review social behavior and intentionality in invertebrates. A chapter is devoted to summarizing past contributions of invertebrates to the understanding of nervous systems and identifying areas for future studies that will continue to advance that understanding.

Assessments and Activities for Teaching Swimming

Author : Monica Lepore
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492584568
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Assessments and Activities for Teaching Swimming written by Monica Lepore and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swimming is a widely popular sport and activity with great health-related fitness benefits. Yet, a significant percentage of children are unable to swim with any degree of skill—meaning not only are they missing out on health benefits, but they also are at risk when in water. Part of that risk comes from receiving either no instruction or no differentiated instruction. Children receiving swimming lessons are commonly grouped by age or grade, and many lack the basic skills required for their age levels. Assessments and Activities for Teaching Swimming solves this problem by offering differentiated instruction for every participant in your class or program, based on each participant’s aquatic developmental level. Through this illustrated book, you will be able to • use an assessment tool to evaluate the initial skill level of every participant, • place each participant in the appropriate level, and • teach skills through fun activities and monitor each participant’s skill acquisition along the way. Assessments and Activities for Teaching Swimming will help you accommodate nearly all of your participants’ abilities. With the six-level tool you will be able to assess initial aquatic performance levels for children with and without disabilities and provide appropriate activities to help participants develop their skills. The book is presented in two parts. Part I offers teaching strategies to help you maximize the aquatic experience for swimmers with and without disabilities. It also guides you in selecting the assessment and activity level so that you can provide a fun and successful experience for all swimmers. Part II lays out six distinct levels, from developing and building on initial skills to learning and refining specific strokes. Some skills are introduced early on and then repeated in a more difficult form at a later level. The final level focuses on longer-distance swimming, flip turns, competitive swimming, and prerequisite skills for lifeguard training. These six levels, along with the assessment instruments, accommodate most participants’ abilities. You’ll find the assessment instruments and activities very easy to use. Even those who have not been trained as instructors or teachers can implement the activities regardless of the swimmers’ levels. Assessments and Activities for Teaching Swimming can help all participants take part in safe, fun aquatic activities that will improve their health-related fitness and well-being.

Swimming and Watermanship

Author : Louis de B. Handley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Swimming and Watermanship written by Louis de B. Handley and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creative Synchronized Swimming

Author : Beulah O. Gundling
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Creative Synchronized Swimming written by Beulah O. Gundling and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rhythmic Swimming ; a Source Book of Synchronized Swimming and Water Pageantry

Author : Katherine Whitney Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book Rhythmic Swimming ; a Source Book of Synchronized Swimming and Water Pageantry written by Katherine Whitney Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Katharine Whitney Curtis

Author : Jordan Whitney-Wei
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638233
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Katharine Whitney Curtis written by Jordan Whitney-Wei and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you invent an Olympic sport? For Katharine Whitney Curtis, it took the right idea, great talent, some good timing, and the determination to make it happen. The originator of synchronized swimming as we know it today, she even wrote the first book on the subject in 1936. But there was much more to her life and career. After the start of World War II, Curtis became a recreational director in the American Red Cross and followed the troops wherever the course of war took them, serving under Generals Patton and Eisenhower, before becoming a director of travel for the U.S. Army in Europe during the Cold War. Unbound by fear or the narrow expectations of society, this was a woman who lived ahead of her time, making things happen along the way. As her first biography, this book generously features Curtis's own words, selected from more than 2,000 pages of letters, and contextualized by her surviving friends and family members.

Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fish Swimming

Author : J.J. Videler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940111580X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Fish Swimming written by J.J. Videler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts, in the deep sea, in the cold antarctic, and in warm waters of high alkalinity or of low oxygen. Along with these adaptations, we find the most impressive specializations of morphology, physiology and behaviour. For example we can marvel at the high-speed swimming of the marlins, sailfish and warm-blooded tunas, air-breathing in catfish and lung fish, parental care in the mouth-brooding cichlids and viviparity in many sharks and toothcarps. Moreover, fish are of considerable importance to the survival of the human species in the form of nutritious, delicious and diverse food. Rational exploitation and management of our global stocks of fishes must rely upon a detailed and precise insight of their biology. The Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series aims to present timely volumes reviewing important aspects of fish biology. Most volumes will be of interest to research workers in biology, zoology, ecology and physiology but an additional aim is for the books to be accessible to a wide spectrum of non-specialist readers ranging from undergraduates and postgraduates to those with an intrerest in industrial and commercial aspects of fish and fisheries.

Synchronized Swimming

Author : F. Yates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Synchronized Swimming written by F. Yates and published by . This book was released on 1958-05-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biology of Fishes

Author : Quentin Bone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134186312
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Biology of Fishes written by Quentin Bone and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The VitalBook e-book version of Biology of Fishes is only available only in the US and Canada at the present time. To purchase or rent please visit http://store.vitalsource.com/show/978-1-1341-8631-0. The Third Edition of Biology of Fishes is chiefly about fish as remarkably efficient machines for coping with the many problems that life in wat

Self-Organizing Systems

Author : F.Eugene Yates
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461308836
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Self-Organizing Systems written by F.Eugene Yates and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological systems become organized by commands from outside, as when human intentions lead to the building of structures or machines. But many nat ural systems become structured by their own internal processes: these are the self organizing systems, and the emergence of order within them is a complex phe nomenon that intrigues scientists from all disciplines. Unfortunately, complexity is ill-defined. Global explanatory constructs, such as cybernetics or general sys tems theory, which were intended to cope with complexity, produced instead a grandiosity that has now, mercifully, run its course and died. Most of us have become wary of proposals for an "integrated, systems approach" to complex matters; yet we must come to grips with complexity some how. Now is a good time to reexamine complex systems to determine whether or not various scientific specialties can discover common principles or properties in them. If they do, then a fresh, multidisciplinary attack on the difficulties would be a valid scientific task. Believing that complexity is a proper scientific issue, and that self-organizing systems are the foremost example, R. Tomovic, Z. Damjanovic, and I arranged a conference (August 26-September 1, 1979) in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, to address self-organizing systems. We invited 30 participants from seven countries. Included were biologists, geologists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, bio physicists, and control engineers. Participants were asked not to bring manu scripts, but, rather, to present positions on an assigned topic. Any writing would be done after the conference, when the writers could benefit from their experi ences there.