Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, also known as Guts Muths of Gutsmuths (Quedlinburg, August 9, 1759 - Ibenhain, May 21, 1839) was a German teacher and pedagogue, and became especially famous for his role in the development of physical exercise.
GutsMuths emphasized the physical development of students. He drew attention to the educational value of physical exercise. Because people will not learn to swim from themselves later, he found that the swimming lesson had to be part of the education. He wanted to find a compromise between the natural buoyancy of man and the rest. The remainder consists of the movements that counteract the sinking. These movements have already been described by the German Hallors before GutsMuths and are also known as the method of Halloren.
This fusion resounded in the "frog method". Named after the frog, the battle consists of 3 stages. Removing the legs, spreading and closing firmly. The arms were stretched with their hands flat so that buoyancy caused by the frontal resistance. GutsMuths first put this stroke on the dry exercise. He suggested the use of the pentagonal bench. Something that you still see in some swimming pools.
In 1798 publiceerde hij zijn Small textbook of self-instruction swimming art: Containing a complete practical instruction on all types of swimming according to the principles of the new Italian school of Bernardi and the older Germans, a boekje van 124 pagina's waarin hij meerdere zwemtechnieken beschreef ( een aantal borst-, rug- en zijslagen) ook duik- en sprongtechnieken; Onder meer beschreef hij het side swimming, dat al in de classieke oudheid be besch enven waarvan de huidige (militaire) combat side stroke (css) van de Americaanse Navy SEALs afgeleid is.
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