1. Teaching strokes, skills and fitness
By Taz Hartwick

2. A lifesaver must be both mentally and physically fit.
What are the physical Benefits of fitness?
What are the Mental Benefits of fitness?

3. Components of Physical fitness
There are five primary components of physical fitness these are:
Body Composition
Flexibility
Muscular Strength
Muscular Endurance
Aerobic Fitness

4. Components of Physical fitness
Body Composition

5. Flexibility Flexibility: refers to your ability to move easily
-Needed for ?

6. Muscular strength
Muscular strength: refers to the peak force produced by a particular muscle group in a one-time effort (single contraction).
-Needed for ?

7. Muscular Endurance
Muscular Endurance: refers to your muscles ability to keep producing force for a moderate amount of time.
-Needed for ?

8. Aerobic Fitness
Aerobic Fitness: refers to your body’s ability to perform tasks for an extended period of time. Aerobic fitness is often described as the most important component of fitness.
-Needed for ?

9. Individuals Swim differently!

10. Buoyancy
Buoyancy varies with the individual and is dependant upon several factors including
Body build
-bone size
-muscular development
-weight distribution
-relative amounts of fat tissue
Lung capacity

11. Body Build in relation to buoyancy
People with a high percentage of body fat tend to float near the surface of the water.
They may have difficulty with?

12. Body Build in relation to buoyancy
People with a high percentage of body fat tend to float near the surface of the water.
They may have difficulty with
surface dives or victim submersion

13. Body Build in relation to buoyancy
People with compact muscular bodies tend to sink.
They may have difficulty with?

14. Body Build in relation to buoyancy
People with compact muscular bodies tend to sink.
They may have difficulty with
Stroke and skills which require them to stay at the surface.
In order to suit the individuals needs the instructor may find it necessary to modify the glide time of a stroke.

15. Body Build in relation to buoyancy
Lean bodied people usually do not float as easily as people with a high percentage of fat. Nor sink as rapidly as people with muscular frames.

16. Quiz
Are you ready!?