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Infant swimming is the phenomenon of human babies and toddlers reflexively moving themselves through water and changing their rate of respiration and heart rate in response to being submerged. The slowing of heart rate and breathing is called the bradycardic response. [ 1 ]
Swim Kids is an Australian initiative by Uncle Tobys together with Royal Life Saving Society Australia. The goal is to reach the long term objective of helping thousands of Australian kids learn how to swim and survive. [1] [2] The website features swimming videos from Grant Hackett and Eamon Sullivan, and tips from Emily Seebohm and Cate Campbell.
Level 2 Fahrtenschwimmer (trail swimmer—badge with two waves and a silver pin) requires 15 minutes of swimming, dive jump or jump from 3-metre (10-foot) height, 10 metres (11 yards) of swimming underwater, pickup of a thick object from deep water (2 m [6.6 ft] water, 2.5 kg [5.5 lb] weight), 50 metres (55 yards) of back crawl, and 10 rules of ...
Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is " skinny dipping ". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body". [ 1 ]
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A golden retriever swimming the doggy paddle. The dog paddle or doggy paddle is a simple swimming style. It is characterized by the swimmer lying on their chest and moving their hands and legs alternately in a manner reminiscent of how dogs and other quadrupedal mammals swim. [1] It is effectively a "trot" in water, instead of land. [2]
Finning techniques are the skills and methods used by swimmers and underwater divers to propel themselves through the water and to maneuver when wearing swimfins. [1] There are several styles used for propulsion, some of which are more suited to particular swimfin configurations. [ 2 ]
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