Storks and techniques must be learned by humans, as it does not come instinctively. Swimming basically can take place in any body of water with the capacity to allow free movement and is not to cold, hot, and too turbulent. Currents and tides can make swimming dangerous especially for beginners with little experience. Many recreation centers contain pools as well as residential owners for private use. A race, вќ is classified by the stoke being used and the distance the swimmer has to swim.

The opposite sex does not usually race each other and the age range can be limited. In a medley race all four types of competition strokes crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly must be used. When there is an individual medley race equal distance will be swum for each stroke. When the medley is in the form of a relay a team of four swimmers swim each doing a different stroke. Deadline for submission: 15th july leaders are either born or nurtured, but never made i was pondering upon as to about whom should i write. There were many leaders whom i admire, the most inspirational being a p j abdul kalam, our own president.

Main article: history of swimming the sport of swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times the earliest recording of swimming dates back to stone age paintings from around 7,0 years ago. By prasad nanda my favourite sport unquestionably is swimming. I learned swimming when i was six years old and my parents tell me that i took to swimming like a fish takes to water.

The three other styles are the backstroke, the breaststroke, which is commonly called as frog style, and the butterfly. Freestyle races in major championships are over 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m for men, with the 800m instead of the 1500m for women. Image source: fadedseasidemama.co.uk in the other three strokes, both men and woman race over 100m and 200m.there are medley races for both men and woman, over 200m and 400m, in which each stroke is swum for 50m and 100m respectively, the order being butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Relay races include 4x100m and 4x200m, as well as a medley 4x 100m relay in which the order of the strokes is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. The standard long course swimming events take place in olympic size pools, which measure 50m approximately and which have eight lanes, 2.3m wide.

Competitors dive in from starting blocks, except for the backstroke, which is started in the pool, and are timed to the 1/10^ of a second by touching the electronic pads at the finish. Lines of flags hang over the pool to let backstrokers know when they are within 5m of a turn or the finish. The competitor with the fastest entry time is assigned the lane on the right of the centre line. Slower swimmers are assigned lanes alternately to the left and right with the slowest swimmers in the outside lanes.

If entry times are an indicator of form, the swimmers should spread out into a spearhead formation. Michael phelps an american swimmer won a record eight medals for swimming at the 2004 olympic games in athens. There are various other sports that are associated with swimming like synchronized swimming, long distance swimming and water polo.