swimming

Swimming; or moving through water can be divided into a variety of "strokes" or types of swimming movements. These may include the backstroke, the butterfly, front crawl or the breast stroke.

Swimmers may use a variety of methods to move through the water, although in competitive swimming the stroke must be executed within the regulatory requirements.


Swimming is popular as recreation, a form of exercise and as a competitive sport. Swimming has become a popular event at the Olympics. Competitive swimming began in the 1800s in Europe mostly using the breaststroke. Swimming was added as a competitive event in the Olympics in 1896. Unlike hot tubs, swimming pools
are most often lengthy to accommodate for what are known as laps.

Blogs on swimming include event postings for meets, competitive events and training centers. About.com hosts a blog about swimming that covers the basic to advanced for any level of swimmer.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “swimming”

• Weekend reflections: Tapiola central pool

  
  Cloudbusting — Authority: 122
  The Espoo cultural centre and it´s reflections in the mirror of the centre pool of Tapiola in Espoo, Finland. The swimming hall of Tapiola by the same central pool. These aren´t enormously innovative reflections but I couldn´t resist them while passing by one afternoon at 5 pm! This was my Weekend ...
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• Girls Swimming: Greenwichs Capossela Wins Open Diving

  
  iTeams | High School Sports blog — Authority: 444
  Greenwich senior Kara Capossela won her second straight State Open 1-meter diving title, posting a winning score of 459.65 in Hamden. Capossela has now placed in the top four at the open in each of the past four years. Wilton sophomore Katie Wilton placed second for the second straight year, with a 442.10.  ...
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• 20 November 09

  
  blueollie — Authority: 140
  Workout notes 1 mile on the AMT, 3 miles on the Stairmaster. Then 2200 yards of swimming; 5 x 100 on 2 warm up, 5 x (25 front kick, 75 free) on 2:05, 5 x (25 3g, 75 free) on 2:00, 500 of fin work, 2 x 100 paddle. My swim was so-so, but I got it in. Healthcare: it is looking promising (but not sure) that the ...
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• 10,000,000 Yards Swimming This Decade!

  
  Creative Think — Authority: 100
  If you asked me how this decade went for me, Id say: "Swimmingly!" Why? Ill share a personal swimming milestone with you. This week, I passed the 10,000,000 yard mark for yards swum this decade (2000-2009). (9,144 kilometers, or approx. 5,700 miles.) This started with an innocent remark that a teammate (Jim ...
  15 hours ago

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  Bildungblog — Authority: 452
  "I dont want to spoil your day at the beach, folks, but I can tell that somebody has been peeing in the deep blue sea."
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• ‘Punk Beasts’ Float ‘Swimming Cities’ Show

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 716
  Over the summer, Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Serenissima successfully crashed the Venice Biennale in what art critic Jerry Saltz calls “the most moving moment I had.” Hosted by Anonymous Gallery , a retrospective of this hand built boating expedition takes places at Collective Hardware tonight. Named after the ...
  19 hours ago

• 8 Myths From Mom: True or False?

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 536
  By Danielle Samaniego, Divine CarolineAs a kid, my mom warned me about things like sitting too close to the TV, going outside with a wet head, and not letting my food digest before swimming. She even convinced me that eating Pop Rocks and drinking soda at the same time would cause my stomach to explode. [...]
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• Morning News

  
  Quick Hits — Authority: 135
  North’s D.J. Brown, left, and Hogan Stanger foul South’s Erik Fromm on his way to the basket during the teams’ scrimmage Thursday. David Snodgress | Herald-Times Welcome to Morning News, keeping you up-to-date on the high school sports news in and around Bloomington. AT HERALDTIMESONLINE.COM For both ...
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• Abandoned Swimming Pools

  
  Lost At E Minor: For creative people — Authority: 601
  I love the curated selection of abandoned swimming pool photos on Feature Shoot today, featuring work by Carlo Van de Roer and Albert Jodar, amongst others. SPONSOR
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• Well Rounded

  
  Richardson Zoo — Authority: 124
  My swim coach is determined to make me a well rounded swimmer. When I went to practice yesterday, I thought that I was only going to work on my flip turns. Turns out, I refined my flip turns, worked on my backstroke and turns, and practiced my breaststroke quite a bit. Slowly but surely, Im getting the hang of all ...
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• Get Rid Of Unnecessary Pounds Quick And Have A Sexy Body

  
  Low Carb Diet Secrets — Authority: 144
  The number of products catered for weight loss is huge. You can find a lot of dieting plans. You can also find a lot of weight loss pills. In fact, you will need to consider a few issues before you take a dieting plan or dietary supplements. As a matter of fact, it is a must to increase the metabolic rate if you want ...
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• You Need To Set Your Pound Loss Goal To Have Pound Loss

  
  Summer Weight Loss — Authority: 449
  It is a must for you to know the techniques to burn the unwanted fats when it comes to the notion of weight loss. It is very common for folks to take dietary supplements in order to lose pounds efficiently. Besides the use of weight loss pills, a dieting plan is also very important. Besides all these plans and ideas ...
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• Divebombing Birds Catching Prey Underwater

  
  Environmental Graffiti — Authority: 654
  A bird diving and swimming underwater seems like a paradox but then, our feathery friends are crafty when it comes to reaching tasty prey like fish - some birds even dive a few feet deep to catch it! Dippers, gannets, kingfishers, gulls, swans and cormorants all perform the most amazing stunts... This is just a ...
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• Arent children creepy?

  
  The Plashing Vole: parataxis — Authority: 143
  They certainly were today, anyway. I go swimming three times a week, and on Friday, a load of 9 year-olds (possibly, I cant tell anymore) are changing into their togs as Im leaving. Usually, theyre boisterous: loud, laughing and chaotic. Their teacher is a soi-disant cool guy, and hes normally quite chatty too. Not ...
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• Philippines’ 1st Olympic Games Medalist Was An Ilocano!!!

  
  Bald Runner — Authority: 123
  While reading the book, “The Olympic Movement in the Philippines” by Celso Limjuco Dayrit, I was surprised to know that the first Filipino to win a medal in the Summer Olympic Games was an Ilocano. In the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, which was the second time that the Philippines participated in the O;ympic ...
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• Scuba Diving Trips

  
  180Travel.com — Authority: 129
  When it comes to scuba diving, many swimmers are misinformed. They believe that you have to be a competent diver and a strong swimmer to enjoy underwater swimming. However, this is simply not true, although before you go scuba diving in the ocean, it is advisable that you have some fundamental knowledge of diving and ...
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• SOFT SIDE HOT TUBS - FOR LASTING DURABILITY AND EXCELLENT QUALITY

  
  PTP Guide Blog — Authority: 155
  If we regularly dreamed of owning an inflatable prohibited cylinder though never satisfied it, afterwards an inflatable prohibited cylinder competence be the answer we have been watchful for. In further to costing we the fragment of the genuine thing, it is additionally easy to say as great as convenient, vouchsafing ...
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• James: I swam 30 metres and finished strong

  
  TheStar.com - Travel — Authority: 854
  Yesterday I swam the length of a swimming pool – and it was a wonderfully ugly sight to behold.
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• Superyacht Soraya 46

  
  LUXUO Luxury Blog — Authority: 538
  Currently under construction at Gentech Yachts’ Antalya, Turkey shipyard is the 46-metre Soroya, due to be completed in time for the 2010 Monaco Yacht Show.Hydraulics are a key component of the luxury craft, which features both a pop-up helipad and a swimming pad that unfolds to double in size.Spacious, silent and ...
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• Follow up on Swimming Pool Racism Incident

  
  racismreview.com — Authority: 539
  This past summer we posted about the swimming pool racism at a suburban Philadelphia location.  Now, that swimming pool has filed bankruptcy.  It’s gratifying to see at least one instance in which racism is forced to go broke (0:53): The video and this short report: “A suburban Philadelphia swim club ...
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