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Ymca Swimming Timeline

The document provides a historical timeline of the YMCA's involvement in swimming from 1885 to 2006, highlighting several milestones: - The Brooklyn YMCA built the first YMCA swimming pool in 1885 and the first YMCA lifesaving corps was organized in 1904. - In 1906, the Detroit YMCA launched group swimming instruction, a departure from one-on-one lessons, and the YMCA and Red Cross began promoting first aid and lifesaving. - The YMCA has hosted national swimming championships since 1923 and the event became the largest in the world by 1975 with over 1,500 participants.

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Ymca Swimming Timeline

The document provides a historical timeline of the YMCA's involvement in swimming from 1885 to 2006, highlighting several milestones: - The Brooklyn YMCA built the first YMCA swimming pool in 1885 and the first YMCA lifesaving corps was organized in 1904. - In 1906, the Detroit YMCA launched group swimming instruction, a departure from one-on-one lessons, and the YMCA and Red Cross began promoting first aid and lifesaving. - The YMCA has hosted national swimming championships since 1923 and the event became the largest in the world by 1975 with over 1,500 participants.

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2007 YMCA Long Course National Swimming Championship

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YMCA Century of Group Swimming Historical Timeline
1885 Brooklyn YMCA built first YMCA swimming pool, then known as “the swimming bath.”
1904 First YMCA lifesaving corps was organized at Camp Dudley in upstate New York.
1906 Detroit YMCA launched group swimming instruction, a radical departure from the one-on-one
instruction common at the time.
YMCA and Red Cross join together to promote first aid and develop lifesaving corps at the
YMCA in Baltimore.
1909 The YMCA in Kansas City, Mo., built a pool with roll-out rims and a water recirculation system
(filtration system was added in 1910). The new filtration systems created a healthier
atmosphere for swimmers and, in turn, made pools more appealing to the public.
1910 YMCA Teaching America to Swim campaign was launched, “to teach every boy and young
man in North America, who does not know how, to swim.”
1912 National YMCA Lifesaving Service organized.
1916 Army camps offered swimming instruction using YMCA techniques during World War I.
1923 First YMCA swimming championships held at Brooklyn YMCA.
1938 New YMCA aquatics program launched. Swimmers at varying abilities identified as Minnows,
Fish and Sharks.
1959 YMCA Scuba program developed.
1964 YMCA launched Springboard Diving programs.
1973 YMCA began its first national emphasis on aquatic activities for the disabled.
1975 National YMCA Swimming and Diving Championship became the largest swimming
championship in the world with more than 1,500 participants; it continues to this day.
1982 YMCA launched aquatics programs in partnership with National Physical Fitness through
Water Exercise and Arthritis Foundation.
1992 YMCA reached milestones: more than 1,700 pools in operation; more than 25,000 lifeguards
and instructors trained.
1994 On the Guard II: The YMCA Lifeguard Program introduced.
YMCA Synchronized Swimming and YMCA Wetball (Water Polo) introduced through the
cooperation of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the national governing bodies of the sports.
1996 YMCA Splash, a community-based learn-to-swim program, is launched to help people of all
ages, especially children and families, learn basic swimming skills and water safety practices.
2006 The nation’s 2,594 YMCAs celebrate 100 years of group swimming instruction.

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