So I figured since that last time I had a school project everybody had awesome ideas, I would hold my breath and hope that would happen again. :) I have to give an informative speech in my Comm 101 class. We can talk on anything we want so, naturally, I had no idea what to talk about. I finally decided on swimming after ruling out the history of sliced bread and soccer. But anyways, my question was what would you consider the most important aspects of swimming? I need three main points and I have two. 1)Strokes 2)Types aka. SCM, SCY, etc. Any ideas on what I already have or an idea for a third main point would be very helpful! Thanx a bundle!!
~Kyra
Former Member
I agree with Jean. Use this as a way to make everyone want to jump in the pool and start swimming. Mention how it is a lifetime sport and all the benifits health wise that it gives you. It is better physically to swim then it is to do most other sports because it is low impact. Yet it can workout your whole body instead of only certain parts of your body.
Another thought. Point out that swimming can be a life saver - that all people should know how to swim well enough to save themselves. Every so often you read about somebody (most often a young person) drowning because they didn't know how to swim. Too many PE programs focus on things like flag football and basketball and make no provision for making sure that the kids can swim - at least a little bit.
Hey, Kyra!
I did the exact same speech topic last year for my INCO 103 class.....not saying you have to follow, but here's my speech topics:
Point 1: the history of competitive swimming. You can include great early swimmers, competitions, "old school" ways of doing things......
Point 2: Types of swimming: distance, sprint, SCY, LCM, etc...
Point 3: Different groups: Age group, high school, college, usa, uss, usms, etc......explain what they are, how they work, how they differ...this will give you a space to plug how great swimming is for all ages, and encourage people to get in the water.
Good luck with your speech!
Steph
It's the distance for a local Hawaiian race --
the Wakiki rough water swim.
(The 112 mile bike portion is based on the Around-Oahu Bike Race. And the 26.2 mile run is the basic marathon distance.)
Hey everyone! I finished the outline for my speech, and here it is! Please, if you read it, let me know about any suggestions you have or something wrong that I put in there.
~Kyra
There is some interesting stuff in there that I didn't know - like knights having to swim in armor and drawings of early swimmers.
One suggestion: make sure that you get across that the five o'clock practice is in the morning - a lot of people might just assume that it's in the evening. :-)
Thanks for reading my paper. Yea some of the stuff I found was really interesting. I found a site online that, when printed out, had 8 pages about the history of swimming. It was really interesting!
~Kyra
p.s. 330man- I remember thinking the same thing when I read that.:D
I think this is quite good. You included lots of information that's really cool. (Knights swimmning in armor — who knew?)
My only suggestion, and this is optional, is when you discuss the strokes, start with breaststroke first. That's the one you mention prominently in your introduction. Since it was the first Olympic swimming event, you can start with that and move forward. It makes for a smoother transition, IMHO.
On the other hand, I think it's clever to discuss the strokes in I.M. order. Any plans to mention the medley event?
Nice job. I think you'll do well.
Adam
