Understanding Swimming

Swimming is a multi-muscular sport.

You must propel your body through the water while floating and breathing at a healthy pace.

Swimming does not involve coordination.

To swim accurately, you must develop and practice rhythmic breathing.

When coming up for air, you must take huge gulps of breath and let it out quickly once submerging your head back into the water.

You must tap the wall with two hands for freestyle and backstroke.

You must tap the wall with one hand for butterfly and breaststroke.

Swimmers can compete in any age group during a meet.

Equipment is not allowed for competing.

Buoys help strengthen the arms.

Snorkels immobilize the legs.

Fins allow the swimmer to focus on underwater kicking, while focusing on arm movement as well.

The four competitive swimming strokes are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

Olympic pools are usually 25 meters or yards.

Swimming helped with martial training in Greece and Rome.

Swim competitions date back to the 14th century.

Swimming was a mandatory class in the 17th century.

Swim races were evident in the 1st century BCE.

Moderate sized breaths should be taken when turning your head out of the water.

You are to only breath out of your nose underwater.