Swimming Scientifically Taught

Swimming Scientifically Taught,
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Title: Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young
and Old
Author: Frank Eugen Dalton and Louis C. Dalton
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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