swim class quizzesThis homework is open book. Due dates for each assignment are at the website page for the class. You can type or handwrite the answers, as long as I can read your handwriting.
Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost.
I do not accept emailed assignments.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework print or type your name and the title of the homework
at the top of the page you turn in.
For the multiple choice questions, Choose the one best answer.
More than one quiz is posted at this page, please scroll down to the one you need.
Stretching homework questions:
1) When should you stretch?
A) after a warm-up
B) when cooling down after a workout
C) only if you are on a team
D) A and B
2) Briefly (one sentence) describe ballistic stretching
3) Does your text advise for or against ballistic stretching?
4) List one mental benefit of flexibility and stretching exercises:
5) Describe the two most important things you learned about stretching not mentioned in the questions above
Strength training homework questions:
1) For general fitness, how much weight lifting should I do?
A) weight lifting is not for general fitness, it is used to develop big muscles.
B) you don't need a complicated or heavy training program to improve strength and enhance your quality of life
C) at least one set of 8 to 12 repetitions of 8 to 10 exercises will suffice
D) B and C
2) Should you hold your breath when you lift weights? Why or why not?
3) Your text describes the use of weight machines and free weights; the online reading only talks about free weights. Are free weights as good? Why or why not?
4) Describe the most important thing you learned from the reading not mentioned in the questions above.
History of swimming homework questions:
The answers to these first questions are in the first section of the webpage, which is a copy of the curriculum designated by De Anza, with some extra info added.
1) Who invented swimming strokes?
A) Europeans
B) Americans
C) Australians
D) All of the above and more, who in some cases modified strokes used by natives of the Solomon Islands, Native Americans and South American Indians.
2) For hundreds of years, the main stroke people swam was:
A) Freestyle, as first seen in Egyptian bas-reliefs in tombs
B) Backstroke, as first seen in German books
C) Breaststroke, as first seen in Assyrian stone carvings
D) Butterfly, as invented at the University of Iowa
3) choose the one that did not cause a big improvement in stroke mechanics and swimming speed:
A) photo analysis of swimmers like that of the Japanese when they dominated the 1932 Olympics
B) additional conditioning techniques like that of the Australians when they dominated swimming in 1956
C) current research in hydrodynamics, like that used at the U.S. Olympics training center in Colorado Springs
D) a winged keel, as used on racing yachts
4) Briefly describe the entry at the first section of the history of swimming webpage that you think is the most striking:
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