P.E. 26CP.E. 26C is the intermediate swimming class at De Anza. P.E. 26D is the advanced swim class. P.E. 6G is the aerobic swim class. They are regularly taught together.
How to find the pools, sunscreen, P/NP grading, waitlists and more
are covered at
Swim classes FAQs
See also: How to get a P.E. locker at De Anza College
Taking a lower level swim class is not a strict prerequisite for a higher level, you just need the skills of a better swimmer. Not sure which class to take? Read: beginning swimming at De Anza College or intermediate swimming at De Anza College
This page is used for messages (see below) to my P.E. 26C/26D/6G students during quarters the class is in session.
I will teach an intermediate (PE 26C-01L, call #1890)/advanced (PE26D-01L, call number 1893) /aerobic swim (PE 006G-02L, call number 1822) class winter quarter 2010, Saturday afternoons from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15, beginning January 9, 2010.
This is a great way to get ready to take Lifeguard Training spring quarter.
The first day of class I do a survey of what people want out of the class and what skills they have. I cover the required curriculum and try to meet people's needs as well. Some students want a 'get ready for lifeguard training class', some want to get ready to learn to scuba dive or try a triathlon. Some want a review of all the strokes, others want mostly to get in shape. Every quarter, in every swim class I teach, I videotape at least each student's freestyle (unless you really don't want to be taped). People tell me they learned more from seeing their stroke than from years of swim drills.
I don't assume that anyone has been on a swim team. I teach almost everything from scratch. You don't have to already know how to dive into a pool or do a turn. You should be quite at ease in deep water and have most freestyle and backstroke basics down.
I expect that even in a C or D class, many of the students will not have been doing a lot of swimming recently and might be out of shape, so there is no 500 yard prerequisite swim test. I also don't expect all the strokes from higher level swimmers, as it has been my experience that most C/D swimmers don't have a butterfly, for example.
Most C and D classes have students with a wide variety of skills. Sometimes people take a different level of swim class just because it is held at the right time for their schedule. Sometimes really good swimmers take intermediate because they are afraid that D might be too much work.
For a weekend class, bring your swimsuit and gear because we will get in the water the first day. We usually have to spend so much time on adds, etc. that we don't get in the water the first day of most weekday classes, but you should bring your suit in case there is a chance to swim.
Each first Saturday of the month there is a flea market at De Anza, taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a swim class, they will let you in.
Info on how to get a permit is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/parkinginfo.html
How to get a P.E. locker at De Anza College
To get from the pool deck to the locker rooms, women enter the tunnel on the RIGHT from the pool deck and go directly up to their locker room. Men enter through the LEFT entrance and go down a hall to their locker room.
Men should note that there is a storage room in the left tunnel that is accessed by both female and male personnel, and they should change clothes in the locker room, not the tunnel.
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Homework ... in a swim class??
All swim classes at De Anza share the same curriculum, (the course content, designed by De Anza College).
Every instructor must give short answer and multiple choice examinations and assign the same short essay on the history of swimming.
Each must teach the same set of skills and knowledge about swimming, but each instructor can go about reaching the goals listed below in different ways.
De Anza requires that swim students are taught strokes, treading water and underwater swimming, (and in higher level classes, turns and diving), and the curriculum says that swim students will:
Examine the global and historical development of swimming from survival to competition.
Experiment with the laws of physics as they apply to basic swimming skills.
Apply basic exercise physiology and nutrition to swimming.
Analyze causes of drowning and apply safe water practices.
De Anza also specifies that there will be assignments, such as:
Reading - text, handouts, outside source (library, web, magazine, etc.)
Writing -
1.One short essay on the history of swimming or swimming in the student's home country
2.Short answer and multiple choice examinations
These areas would require hours of lecture to cover them as required. In an effort to be able to spend more time in the water I have developed some short online reading assignments to cover most of them. Those that cover the De Anza requirements are required for a passing grade; do more and you can earn a higher grade.
Relax, these are short assignments.
The De Anza library has a few laptops for loan to students. http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/laptop.html
Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost and I do not accept emailed assignments.
SUMMER QUARTER HOMEWORK:
Homework due Wednesday, July 1:
Read the swimming vocabulary webpage and briefly write up six safety rules you find. Let me know which ones you already knew. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title swimming vocabulary.
Note that I said briefly write up; none of these assignments requires paragraphs and paragraphs of verbose prose.
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There is a tutorial on doing eggbeater at:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/44405_synchronized-swimming-egg-beaters.htm
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Homework due Monday, July 6:
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit02Stretching.html
and take the open book stretching quiz at: swim class quizzes. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Stretching.
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read: Swim workout vocabulary and briefly write up four new things you learned.
If you already knew everything at that site, write up the four most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title swim workout vocabulary.
optional reading:
STOP THAT CRAMP!
4 causes -- and solutions -- for muscle cramps during exercise
http://www.usms.org/news/newsitem.php?n=29
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Homework due Wednesday, July 8:
USA Swimming has a detailed nutrition article at:
http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=433&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
Feed Their Brains! A simple guide to teaching nutrition to swimmers.
1. Fueling Your Stroke – The Concept of Buying and Burning Gas
2. Eating Colorful Foods
3. How Much is Enough?
4. Timing is Everything!
5. Choosing the Best Cereals
6. What IS a Serving?
7. FLUIDS - Water vs Sports Drink
8. Analyzing Your Diet
read sections 1 to 7 (you can skip #8 if you want) and briefly write up three new things you learned. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Nutrition.
optional reading:
NCAA's Eating On the Go has snack ideas at:
http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/membership/ed_outreach/nutrition-performance/student/nutrition.html
Search nutrition at the Ironman website for lots of recent articles:
http://ironman.com/
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In class on July 8 we talked about the Summer National Senior Games. You can find the prerequisite swim times by going to http://www.2009seniorgames.org/sports-swimming
click on the rules and regulations and scroll down to page 32.
info for potential volunteers is at: 2009 summer National Senior Games
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Homework due Monday, July 13:
read History of swimming section through to History of aquatics not yet in the curriculum.
and take the open book History of swimming quiz at: swim class quizzes. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title History of swimming.
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read:
How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd's crook and write up three new things you learned from the page.
If you already knew everything at that page, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title shepherd's crook.
Now could be a good time to start on the swim class short essay required by De Anza.
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Homework due Wednesday, July 15:
read: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit03StrengthTraining.html
and take the open book strength training quiz at: swim class quizzes. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title strength training.
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The American Cancer Society has skin cancer prevention info at:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/lrn/lrn_0.asp
click on all about skin cancer - melanoma
click on overview: skin cancer - melanoma
click on Can melanoma skin cancer be prevented?
Read it and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title skin cancer.
photo below copyright by Ken Mignosa:
Homework due Monday, July 20:
swim class short essay
Homework due Wednesday, July 22
read Water safety and briefly write up four new things you learned.
If you already knew everything at that page, write up the four most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title water safety.
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 As a prep for lifeguard training spring quarter, or just for the skills,
if you are taking any other classes, taking the Red Cross First Aid certification class at De Anza is cheaper than at the Red Cross.
Fall quarter 2009, the class is offered twice,
on four Friday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:10 p.m.: HLTH 57A-55L (call number 1283) Oct. 23 & 30 and Nov. 6 & 20 (note the holiday off).
and Fall quarter is the only quarter that first aid is offered as an evening class,
HLTH-057A-95 (call number 1284), meets for two weeks, a total of four evenings, Tuesday Sept. 29, Thursday Oct. 1, Tuesday Oct. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 8 from 6 to 8:40 p.m., in S81.
We do not meet during finals week.
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The Outdoor Club will have a kayaking lesson in the De Anza pool Saturday, July 25 at noon and if there is enough interest, at 1:30 p.m. Details and a few pictures from a fall quarter 2005 lesson are posted at:
kayaking / canoeing lessons
Homework due Monday, July 27:
swim class final exam
We will probably go over and grade the final in class, anyone who does not bring it to class will be asked to complete it during class.
OOPs, if you didn't get around to reading the text; Fit and Well text chapter notes could help you with the final.
Wednesday, July 29 no homework assignment so you can concentrate on your other finals
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Sunday, August 2 De Anza students are invited to volunteer at the 2009 summer National Senior Games triathlon. De Anza trained lifeguards will staff the 400 meter swim, other volunteers are needed for the rest of the tri (20K cycling, 5 K road race).
details and links are at: 2009 summer National Senior Games
  
To volunteer for any other of the 18 medal sports and 7 demonstration sports, most held at Stanford August 1- 15:
http://www.2009seniorgames.org/becomeavolunteer
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Monday, August 3 no homework assignment so you can concentrate on your other finals
last class Wednesday, August 5 Probably waterpolo with the De Anza coach.
This is also the last chance, (at the very beginning of class), to turn in homework.
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POTENTIAL EXTRA CREDIT:
Take the Water Safety test at:
http://www.galvestonbeachpatrol.com/
click on public education, then on teacher links, then on water safety test
Yes, the answers are at the end, but you will learn more from doing the test before you look at the answers. I missed one question that I should not have. Write up and turn in which questions you missed and what your wrong answers were.
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Not really homework; we should try it in class:
How to blow giant bubble rings in a swimming pool
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I will give one class makeup for a blood donation quarter, or, if you can't donate blood, two hours of work at the De Anza blood drive.
Read Blood donation FAQs to learn about donating. Show me the 'receipt'
they give you after the donation, dated this quarter,
before the last day of class.
De Anza College home games usually has the dates of the campus blood drives as well links to student recitals, dance performances and art exhibitions.
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programs for student success in all kinds of classes, including tutorials, readiness, academic skills, instructional computing and more:
http://www.deanza.edu/academicsupport/
More students qualify for financial aid than use it or even know they qualify. There are enrollment fee waivers you can apply for online which take about a week to get an answer. For all the details go to:
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/financialaid/index.html
You don’t have to pay for all your classes/fees at once. De Anza has an installment payment plan that allows you to defer most of your payments. Go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/registration/cashier/deferpay.html
De Anza College offers many scholarships, some of which have few applicants!
Check out the loot:
http://www.deanza.edu/financialaid/scholarship.html
Various local businesses give discounts to De Anza Associated Student Body card holders. A list of (mostly 10% on food) discounts is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/dasb/discounts.html
You can read the curriculum, (course outline or course content, usually designed by a division then reviewed and approved by the college) for any De Anza class at: http://ecms.deanza.edu/deptoutlinespublic.html
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Many of my students ask me if I can teach their children to swim.
De Anza only has swim classes for teens and adults. For swim classes for kids (infants, toddlers or children), I recommend Water Babies swim school in Campbell. The owner is a graduate of De Anza lifeguard training. They are a National Association of Swim Schools member. They were a Bay Area Parent Family Favorite winner! (408) 377-4626.
http://www.waterbabiesswim.com
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I recommend that if they have the time, all my swim students should also take PE 70/71, and use the Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Center.
Exercise links
has links to muscle pain, calculating your exercise target heart rate and lots more.
FLU advice from the Centers for Disease Control:
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