Swimming Equipment in general

Swimming equipment - where to begin??? I guess a costume for the gals and a pair of shorts for the guys - please not trunks! At my local pool there are quite strict rules about what you can and cannot wear - ie not allowed over the knee shorts and that sort of thing. I run a parent and child swim class and am often asked what is the best equipment to use for the babies/toddlers to give them some independance in the water..also to give mum's arms a rest from clinging on to small child for duration of class. There are so many things available and all have pros and cons so I'll just run through a couple here:- BABY SEAT - A baby seat is usually an inflatable ...  Read the complete review

Swimming is an excellent sport to keep fit as you are using your whole body to keep afloat and move through the water. The only thing that limits the ability to swim is a venue to swim at such as the local swimming pool or the sea. In the UK, it's difficult to swim in the sea most the year as it is too cold for your body and only gets warm enough in the height of a hot summer. However, there are many local swimming pools that make up for this including those at fitness centres such as David Lloyd. If you have holiday homes in France or Spain, many houses have their own pools, which is a superb bonus as swimming is such a fantastic sport. Not only is swimming a ...  Read the complete review

I started swimming at primary school when we funded a pool to be built within the grounds of the school through fetes and generous donations. I was lucky thoughout my school years to go to schools that had their own pools so managed to become quite a stong swimmer. I managed to work my way up though the badges and obtained to get my 1,500m badge when I was at about the age of thirteen, I was knackered but so pleased I had achieved my goal! Ever since school I have always been a bit of a water baby but as the years go by I find it harder to brave putting on a swimsuit and offending the eyes of my fellow swimmers :-/ I decided to bite the ...  Read the complete review

Swimming has to be my favourite activity to do either by myself or with friends and children. I learnt to swim at quite a young age through swimming lessons at my school and then when we moved the middle school I went to had its own swimming pool so we went swimming twice a week there as well. I wouldn't say I am a brilliant swimmer but I am fairly strong and would feel confident swimming for a while as I am able to tread water for a while and get my breath back. My favourite stroke is front crawl, although I don't like to put my face in the water when I swim so I am not as stream lined as I should be while doing this stroke, but it does feel exhilerating ...  Read the complete review

History and information - Images of swimmers have been found in 'the cave of swimmers' near Sura that date back to around 2000 BC and there is evidence it was popular in Greece and Rome in the original Olympic games. 1800 was around the time competitive swimming began mostly using breaststroke which I will explain later. The front crawl, also known as the Trudgen back then was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen who copied it from the natives. Swimming was part of the first modern Summer Olympics held in Athens in 1896; in 1900 the backstroke was considered an Olympic Event and shortly after in 1908 the world swimming association Federation ...  Read the complete review