swimming
Sign in to saveupright=1.5|thumb|right|A competitive swimmer performing the [[breaststroke]]
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Swimming is the act of moving through water using your body, typically with coordinated arm and leg movements like the breaststroke shown in the image. It matters as both a practical life skill for water safety and a popular competitive sport and form of exercise.
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- Science
- Infant swimming
- Technique
- History
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Health
- Disabled swimmers
- Elderly swimmers
- Sport
- Safety
- Occupation
- Locomotion
- Risks
- Lessons
- Clothing and equipment
- Swimsuits
- Accessories
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
upright=1.5|thumb|right|A competitive swimmer performing the [[breaststroke]]
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve a level of buoyancy and hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. For example, they float to a greater or lesser extent, and move in a given direction by coordinating their forward thrusting actions, especially of their head and torso, with other actions such as stroking with their arms and kicking with their legs. Swimming is a whole body exercise that requires endurance, skill and efficient techniques to maximize speed and minimize energy consumption.