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  2. Swimming - Wikipedia

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    Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water or other liquid, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion.

  3. Drownproofing - Wikipedia

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    In the Drownproofing survival technique, the subject floats in a relaxed, near-vertical posture, with the top of the head just above the surface. Using the arms or legs to exert a downward pressure, the subject raises himself sufficiently so that the mouth is above the surface and a breath is taken, before dropping back into the relaxed float.

  4. Aquatic locomotion - Wikipedia

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    A great cormorant swimming. Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. The simplest propulsive systems are composed of cilia and flagella. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms including arthropods, fish, molluscs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

  5. Combat sidestroke - Wikipedia

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    The combat side stroke uses the three main fundamentals of swimming: Balance: There are two things that affect your balance in the water - the head and lungs.Most people when swimming, especially when using breaststroke, will swim with their head up [citation needed] which forces their hips to sink down which is like they are swimming uphill and is a sign of being less comfortable.

  6. The beauty — and benefits — of wild swimming - AOL

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    The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past ...

  7. Sidestroke - Wikipedia

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    In ordinary swimming on the right side, the left arm moves gently in the water, almost at rest. [3] Then, when the used arm becomes tired, the swimmer turns on the other side, and the left arm works while the right arm rests. [3] The legs move in opposite directions with legs bent, and straighten as they come together.

  8. History of swimming - Wikipedia

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    The Osborne Swimming Club from Manchester beat club teams from Belgium, France and Germany quite easily. The Trudgen stroke was improved by Australian-born Richmond Cavill. Cavill, whose father Frederick Cavill narrowly failed to swim the English Channel, is credited with developing the stroke after observing a young boy from the Solomon Islands.

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