Help Our Community Start Our First Swimming School

Swimming for recreation

Swimming is a great recreational activity for people of all ages.

Recreational swimming can provide you with a low-impact workout and it’s

also a good way to relax and feel good. Common swimming styles in

recreational swimming are breaststroke, backstroke, side stroke and

freestyle.

Competitive swimming

Some people who enjoy swimming want to take it to a competitive level.

This can provide the health benefits of a vigorous workout as well as

the fun and thrill of competition. The main strokes used in competitive

swimming are breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly. The

distances swum in competition swimming can vary from 50 metres in a pool

to much further distances in open water.

Health benefits of swimming

Swimming is a great workout because you need to move your whole body against the resistance of the water.

Swimming is a good all-round activity because it:

• keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body
• builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
• helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs
• tones muscles and builds strength
• provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.

Other benefits of swimming

Swimming has many other benefits including:

• being a relaxing and peaceful form of exercise
• alleviating stress
• improving coordination, balance and posture
• improving flexibility
• providing good low-impact therapy for some injuries and conditions
• providing a pleasant way to cool down on a hot day
• being available in many places – you can swim in swimming pools, beaches, lakes, dams and rivers. Make sure that the environment you choose to swim in is safe.
  
  Your donations will go to uniforms for the youth in the community, daily necessities and tournament entry. Help out today with a simple donation.