Course Outline for Physical Education Activity SWM3
Advanced Swimming

Effective: Fall 2024
SLO Rev:
Catalog Description:

PEAC SWM3 - Advanced Swimming

0.50 - 2.00 Units

Designed for those students who would like to learn advanced strokes in swimming.
Prerequisite: PEAC SWM2.
0835.00 - Physical Education
Optional
Type Units Inside of Class Hours Outside of Class Hours Total Student Learning Hours
Laboratory 0.50 - 2.00 36.00 - 108.00 0.00 36.00 - 108.00
Total 0.50 - 2.00 36.00 - 108.00 0.00 - 0.00 36.00 - 108.00
Measurable Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  1. execute racing start, flip/open turns as they pertain to the stroke(s);
  2. complete 500 yards of swimming without interruption.
Course Content:
 
  1. Role of organized swim training in overall health and wellness.
  2. Principles and impletation of various energy systems in workout design, such as, cardiovascular conditioning, anarobic, lacatate and threshold.
  3. Use and understanding of pace clock.
  4. Review of swim set design that implements various energy system demands.
  5. Explanation and demonstration of swim set designs.
  6. Use of pace clock in relation to swim set design and their resultant energy system demands.
Methods of Instruction:
  1. Lecture/Discussion
  2. Demonstration/Exercise
  3. Practice/Demonstration
  4. Textbook reading assignments
  5. Presentation of audio-visual materials
  6. Demonstration
  7. Simulations
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
  1. Demonstrate use of pace clock.
  2. Read chapter on swimming set design, and be prepared to discuss how to create a swimming workout that meets the demands of various energy system demands as they relate to training.
  3. Describe and demonstrate the use of the pace clock as it pertains to set design and energy system demands.
  1. Class Performance
  2. Class Participation
  3. Attendance
  4. Final Class Performance
  5. Simulation
Upon the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate fitness through swimming.
  2. Demonstrate successful freestyle swimming.
Textbooks (Typical):
  1. Terry Laughlin (2004). Total Immersion (1st). Touchstone.
  2. Blythe Lucero (2011). The 100 Best Swimming Drills (3rd). Meyer & Meyer.
  3. Brooks, M. (2011). Developing Swimmers (5th). Human Kinetics.
  • Swimming suit, Swimming cap, goggles and towel.
Abbreviated Class Schedule Description:
Designed for those students who would like to learn advanced strokes in swimming.
Prerequisite: PEAC SWM2.
Discipline:
Physical Education*