Swimming Techniques: Mastering Freestyle, Backstroke, and Breaststroke
Freestyle Technique
Body Position: Maintain a hydrodynamic, flat position with your head, spine, and legs aligned. Look at the bottom of the pool, except when breathing.
Rotation: Rotate around the central axis of your spine in the same plane as your hips. Keep approximately half of your body submerged for optimal hydrodynamics. The high shoulder should be on the recovery arm side, and the low shoulder on the pulling arm side.
Arm Movement:
- Forearm and Hand Recovery: Keep your elbows high and relaxed,
Key Offensive Soccer Principles and Tactics
Offensive Principles in Soccer
Dismarking (Desmarque)
Dismarking is a tactical action to escape the opponent’s vigilance when we are in possession of the ball. All players dismark when in possession of the ball, holding areas and offering the possibility of an affordable game to the player with the ball in any zone. It’s useful and effective for the play.
Splitting
Splitting is an offensive tactical action that involves the exchange of positions and tasks between players of the team that has the ball,
Read MoreDecoding Body Language: Signals and Meanings
Communication between humans is primarily done through words, but not everything we try to communicate is *verbal*. Your body also plays a crucial role in completing the message, contributing anywhere from 30% to 70% of the overall meaning. This percentage isn’t fixed and can vary depending on factors such as culture, education, the individual’s state of mind, and their personality.
We define body language as the set of nonverbal cues that enhance the transmission of a message. These cues include
Read MoreActive and Assisted Exercise Techniques
Active Exercises
Active Movement: Performed by voluntary contraction of muscles, working in opposition to an external force.
Classification of Active Exercises
Higher education: Free exercises, which are performed by the patient.
Resistance: Inheritance of any external action other than gravity.
Effects of Active Exercises
- Muscle Degree: Depends on the patient’s skill.
- Relaxation: Muscle tone is maintained.
- Power: Increases according to the speed and duration of exercise.
- Coordination: Improves with practice.
Understanding Strength and Speed: Types, Benefits, Factors
What is Strength?
People need strength to carry out a large number of everyday tasks: walking, sitting down, standing up, staying in the same position; grabbing, holding, or moving an object; pushing a door, etc.
Types of Strength
- Maximum Strength: Is applied when the weight is very significant, such as when pushing against a wall or lifting a very heavy weight.
- Resistance Strength: Is used when climbing stairs, moving light weights, skipping, sawing, etc.
- Explosive Strength: Is used in fast movements
Physical Activity: Benefits, Prevention, and First Aid
Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
Regular moderate physical activity offers numerous benefits, including:
- Prevention of diabetes
- Preventing constipation
- Mood enhancement
- Maintenance of ideal weight
- Age-retardation
- Mental performance improvement
- Improving physical condition
- Assimilation of values
- Overall health improvement
Preventive Aspects of Physical Activity
To ensure safe physical activity, consider these preventive measures:
- Protective bandages
- Straight, short, and clean nails
- Comfortable, well-fitting