🌊Swimming🌊

What is swimming?

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust which results in directional motion.

Why swim?

Swimming has many benefits including:

• builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
• provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming
• keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body
• helps you maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs

Whether you want to learn how to swim for competition, exercise, recreation or safety, it's best to learn several different swimming strokes as each offer different advantages in different situations.

The different types of swimming styles and strokes mainly include the:

• Freestlye/Front Crawl
• Backstroke/Back Crawl
• Breaststroke


• Elementary Backstroke
• Sidestroke
• Butterfly

For competition, the versatility will allow swimmers to compete in multiple events. For exercise, different muscles are used for different strokes, so learning all of the strokes provides a more comprehensive workout. For safety, differentstrokes can be used depending on the dangers of a particular situation.