Swimming Scientifically Taught

Swimming Scientifically Taught, by

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Title: Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old
Author: Frank Eugen Dalton and Louis C. Dalton
Release Date: August 16, 2006 [EBook #19065]
Language: English
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SWIMMING SCIENTIFICALLY TAUGHT
[Illustration: FRANK EUGEN DALTON]
SWIMMING SCIENTIFICALLY TAUGHT
A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD
BY PROF. FRANK EUGEN DALTON, P.S.A. Instructor in Scientific Swimming at the Dalton Swimming School, and Originator of the Dalton Method
AND
A CHAPTER ON ADVANCED STROKES
BY LOUIS C. DALTON Of the Dalton Swimming School
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
FIFTH EDITION
[Illustration]
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1912 AND 1918, BY FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Printed in the United States of America) Revised Edition, Published May, 1918
Copyright under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910

TO MY FATHER THE LATE CAPT. DAVIS DALTON
who swam the English Channel from Cape Grisnez near Boulogne, France, to Folkestone, England, August 16-17, 1890; whose enthusiasm and unflagging interest in all matters pertaining to swimming and life-saving have been excelled by none, and who was a faithful practitioner of the methods herein set forth, this book is affectionately dedicated by his son,
THE AUTHOR



PART I--INTRODUCTION
PAGE
THE IMPORTANCE OF SWIMMING 15 LEARNING BY THE BOOK 22


PART II--VARIOUS KINDS OF STROKES
THE BACK STROKE 27 THE DALTON STROKE 37 THE BACK AND DALTON STROKE 39 THE BREAST STROKE 41 CHANGING FROM BACK TO BREAST STROKE 53
NEW

PART II--ADVANCED STROKES
BY LOUIS C. DALTON
THE SIDE STROKES 56 THE TRUDGEON STROKE 60 THE SINGLE OVER-ARM STROKES 62 THE ENGLISH RACING STROKE 66 THE DOUBLE OVER-ARM STROKE 68 THE CRAWL STROKE 70


PART III--FLOATING, DIVING AND SCIENTIFIC
SWIMMING
TREADING WATER 81 FLOATING 84 DIVING 89 SWIMMING LIKE A DOG 106 PLUNGING 107 SCULLING 109 SWIMMING BACKWARD ON THE CHEST 110 THE WASHING TUB 112 THE PROPELLER 113 THE TORPEDO 115 THE CATHERINE WHEEL 117 ROLLING 119 SWIMMING LIKE A PORPOISE 121 THE PENDULUM 124 SOMERSAULTS 127 DOUBLE SOMERSAULTS 129 WITH ONE LEG OUT OF WATER 131 SWIMMING WITH CLOTHES ON 132 WITH HANDS AND FEET TIED 134 OVER AND UNDER 136 SWIMMING UNDER WATER 139 MONTE CRISTO SACK TRICK 142 NOTABLE FEATS BY CELEBRATED SWIMMERS 144


PART IV--WATER POLO
WATER POLO 153


PART V--CRAMPS, HOW TO SAVE LIFE,
RESUSCITATION, ETC.
CRAMPS 181 HOW TO SAVE LIFE 182 RESUSCITATION AFTER RESCUE 187 HALL'S METHOD OF RESUSCITATION 189 SYLVESTER'S METHOD 191

ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE
Frank Eugen Dalton Frontispiece Fig. 1. The Back Stroke--First Arm Movement 29 Fig. 2. The Back Stroke--Second Arm Movement 30 Fig. 3. The Back Stroke--Third Arm Movement 31 Fig. 4. The Back Stroke--First Leg Movement 32 Fig. 5. The Back Stroke--Second Leg Movement 33 Fig. 6. The Back Stroke--Third Leg Movement 34 Fig. 7. Floating Position 35 Fig. 8. The Dalton Stroke 37 Fig. 9. The Breast Stroke--First Arm Movement 41 Fig. 10. The Breast Stroke--Second Arm Movement 42 Fig. 11. The Breast Stroke--Third Arm Movement 43 Fig. 12. The Breast Stroke--The Leg Movement Exemplified Out of the Water 44 The Breast Stroke--Teaching with Trolley and Instructor 47 Fig. 13. The Breast Stroke--The Leg Movement 49 Fig. 14. The Breast Stroke--The Start 48 Fig. 15. The Breast Stroke--Second Position 50 Fig. 16. The Breast Stroke--Third Position 51 Louis C. Dalton 54 Fig. 17. The Side Stroke--First Position 57 Fig. 18. The Side Stroke--Second Position 58 Fig. 19. The Side Stroke--Third Position 59 Fig. 20. The Trudgeon Stroke--First Position 60 Fig. 21. The Trudgeon Stroke--Second Position 61 Fig. 22. The Single Over-Arm Stroke--Second Position 63 Fig. 23. The Single Over-Arm Stroke--Third Position 64 Fig. 24. The English Racing Stroke 66 Fig. 25. The Double Over-Arm Stroke 69 Fig. 26. The Crawl Stroke 71 Fig. 27. The Crawl Stroke--Bent Knee Position 73 Fig. 28. The Crawl Stroke--Legs First Position 75 Fig. 29. The Crawl Stroke--Legs Second Position 76 Fig. 30. The Crawl Stroke--Breathing Position 77 Treading Water 83 Floating Position 85 Incorrect Floating Position 86 Easy Floating Position 87 Teaching Diving to a Beginner 91 A Bad Dive 93 Correct Position in Mid Air 94 Correct Position on Entering the Water 95 Mrs. Frank Eugen Dalton--Position for a Dive 97 The Standing-Sitting Dive 98 The Back Dive 99