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A young girl holding onto a kickboard in a swimming pool. A swimming float, commonly known as pool float or floaty, is a device used for toddlers or other very young children who are beginning to learn how to swim, or during exercise for therapeutic or training purposes.
Swimmer breathing during front crawl Front crawl stroke training. The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl [1] or American crawl, [2] is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Self-propulsion through water This article is about standard human swimming. For competitive swimming, see Swimming (sport). For animal swimming, see Aquatic locomotion. For other uses, see Swimming (disambiguation) and Swimmer (disambiguation). A competitive swimmer performing the ...
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Artificial water basin for swimming For other uses, see Swimming pool (disambiguation). Backyard swimming pool Olympic-size swimming pool and starting blocks at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia A swimming pool, swimming ...
Webb was born on 19 January 1848 in Dawley, Shropshire.He was one of 13 children of the surgeon Dr Matthew Webb. [1] [2] [3] In 1849, when Webb was 14 months old, his family moved to Madeley, and then in 1856 to Coalbrookdale, where they lived near the River Severn.
Catch, playing catch, playing pass, or having a catch, is one of the most basic children's games, often played between children or between a parent and child, wherein the participants throw a ball, beanbag, flying disc or similar object back and forth to each other.
Ice rescue training in Canada Lifesaving doll dummies for rescue training in water.. Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid.It often refers to water safety and aquatic rescue; however, it could include ice rescue, flood and river rescue, swimming pool rescue and other emergency medical services.