Swimming

There are many "Basic" positions in Synchronized swimming. The most common positions are the ballet leg, Back Layout, Front layout, Pike, Crane, Vertical, Double ballet leg, Vertical bent knee...etc

So, there are so many different positions which different people can consider as "Basic".

Also, torpedo, foot first, head first is important aswell- these are called skulls.

There are a variety of professional synchronizing diagrams and websites if you search on GOOGLE.

Hope I helped!

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Swimming does not improve bone density because it is not a weight bearing exercise, however it is an excellent aerobic exercise and it is kinder on joints than many weight-bearing exercises.

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there is always a chance of drowning

and um if you get really good at it like me you will become socialy retard cause swimming will became your life not cool but it is a great sport

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personaly i have swum all my life well since i was three to fifteen now, and at the moment i am out of all sport having a serious back injury. swimmng causes me a lot of pain and this is partially to do with over doing it. i have been out of swimming for 3 months and it is KILLING ME. i am not allowed to do ny sport now fo the forseeable future, no butterfly for the rest of my life and will never be able to compete again ......so in conclution just be careful

also... your nails are weak and horrible and your skin goes all irnkly after training

a plus side is that you will feel really comfortable in mini shorts or in swimming stuff on holiday because you are so used to it.

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your shoulders will probably roll forward which some people find unattractive and can damage ur shoulder as the scapula or somthing moves upwards n can damage a nerve which damages ur shoulder. many swimers in the 1980s had this injury.

when swimmers stretch their arm out to pull , their rhomboids (the muscles between the scapulas(the shoulder blades) get over stretched and cause ur shoulders to roll.

preventing the rolling of shoulders is simple though. you can do excercises such as scapula retraction. which is simply squezing ur scapulas together and holding them for a few seconds and then releasing.

it also makes ur shoulders wider which most girls woodnt like

Practically, there are two sets of disadvantages: certain physical issues, and several social/appearance issues.

The primary physical issues are: repetitive motion disorders, muscle pulls/strains, and joint problems. A typical competition swimmer who trains for 2 hours per day will typically rotate their each arm on the order of 3,000 times EACH day. That rapidly adds up over time, and many swimmers experience at least some shoulder pain during their career, and small minority of them will have a significant shoulder injury (ranging from rotator cuff injuries, to dislocations, to torn muscle or tendons to the rare pinched nerve). Similarly, excessive flexion of the knees and heels can sometimes lead to torn ligaments or tendons in those areas. Finally, pulled or torn muscles in the abdomen, arms, and legs are also a risk. Note that the incidence of injury in swimming is far below any other high-intensity sport.

The long periods of immersion in water (particularly chemically-treated water) can lead to a variety of hair and skin problems, virtually all of them cosmetic. Special shampoos are recommended to alleviate the damage chemicals cause to hair, and remove any discoloration or odors. Similarly, skin conditioners are recommended to reverse drying of the skin (it may seem counterintuitive that swimmers experience this, but the chemicals in pool water pose significant skin issues). Eye irritation is also common, though mostly avoidable by wearing goggles while in the pool.

The "rolled shoulders" look mentioned above is a myth. Swimmers typically have broader shoulders than many other athletes, as swimming tends to build the upper torso's musculature significantly. However, this is seldom out of proportion in any way (in fact, swimmers tend to have one of the most balanced physiques of all athletes, particularly those swimmers specializing in mid-to-long distances).

Finally, perhaps the biggest disadvantage of swimming is the time and mental commitment needed to be a competitive swimmer. Swimming requires a very extended and quite grueling training period, even for the average competitive swimmer. Most swimmers need at least 2 hours of training in a pool, every day (5-6 days per week), for at least 6 months continuously to attain peak ability. In addition, it is not possible to maintain this peak performance for very long - even swimmers who train year-round seldom hit more than two peak performance periods per year (each peak lasting a week or so). If there are any gaps in the swimming routine - which is typical, since most swimmers don't practices every week, all year - there can be a significant period of retraining required before the person regains even their baseline level of proficiency. For example, in the USA, a typical high-school swimming season is September to April. Even kids who remain active and fit (but don't swim) after April will find themselves feeling very "out-of-shape" come September, and most won't feel good about their abilities again until at least late November. Competitive swimming is thus about long hours training and significant periods of time where the swimmer can feel dissatisfied about their performance. Performance and satisfaction is measured in very small increments, relative to the enormous amount of effort put in.

Sculling is a type of rowing where the rower controls two oars (vs. sweep rowing when each rower has one oar). A scull is the shell of a boat that is rigged (set up for) sculling.

A boat for one person, a single, is also commonly called a scull. The two words are used synonymously.
a "scull" is a type of rowing boat. A sweep oar boat is where each rower has only one oar, on alternate sides down the boat, and a sculling boat is one where each rower has 2 oars, one in each hand. A sweep rowing boat can hold 1, 2, 4 or 8 rowers, and a sculling boat can hold 1, 2 or 4.

I'm white and a swimmer have been for 13 years. Since I was 4, and in 2004 there was a black guy on Michael Phelps relay and they had the greatest race I've ever seen. But in a general statement i would say they aren't as my black swimmer friends would say "there's no water in Africa"

(1) If the question is "Are black/Negro people good swimmers on average", the answer is NO. Particularly in the United States, but also in the U.K. and other developed countries, there appears to be a black cultural problem with teaching their children how to swim. Even controlling for economic disparities, far fewer black people can swim well than any other race of Americans, with the next "poorest" swimmers (latinos) having over DOUBLE the percentage of people rated "fair" or better at swimming. There is some historical context to this cultural issue, but it bedevils many sociologists to explain exactly how and why this anti-swimming bias exists in the black community. Statistics bear this out: a black person is more than 10 times as likely to accidentally drown than white person. Outside of the developed world, the lack of suitable pools, lake, or rivers in areas with large back populations seriously hampers the ability of blacks to get even the opportunity to learn to swim well, and even when such facilities are available, the cultural fear of water causes a strong disincentive to learn to swim.

(2) If the question is "Can the average black person be as good a swimmer as other races?", then the answer is YES. There is nothing inherently different enough about black people vs everyone else that makes swimming harder for them. It is no harder for the average black person to become a good swimmer than a white, asian, or latino person.

(3) If the question is "Are the top black swimmers as good as the top swimmers from other races?", then the answer has to be NO. Firstly, due to #1 above, large portions of black people refuse to swim, which significantly lowers the pool (no pun intended) of talent available to draw from. In addition, very slight genetic differences that are invisible at the average person's level become highly magnified at the top athlete level. The type of body optimal for swimming (generally, tall, lean, moderate musculature and muscles which produce a relatively high continuous power output) seems to be much less common in the elite black athlete, and more concentrated in the white and asian population. All this boils down to statistics - for the tiny percentage of each race that has the physical characteristics to be an elite athlete, blacks (and to a lesser extent, latinos) do not tend to have the body most suited for swimmers. Similar situations are seen in other sports; for instance, sprint running is heavily dominated by blacks, as is long-distance running. There are few asian basketball stars. Samoans are disproportionately represented as NFL linemen, but there are few Samoan wide receivers.

A final note about this: defining someone's race is extremely difficult, as outward appearances lie. Genetic analysis has shown that external appearance has very little to do with the actual relationship a person has with another. For instance, many African tribesman are more closely related to the typical Southern European "white" than they are to their neighboring African tribes, even though skin color would seem to indicate otherwise. Making generalizations about race is very, very, tricky, as the concept of "race" is poorly defined.

i think it matters for what they prefer. but i think they would want to swim in cooler water because it feels better to swim in cold. like i mean when your swimming hard it feels good.

Olympic swimmers could not swim fast in warm water especially for the longer distance races as they would soon overheat themselves. I don't know the exact tempratures but the water would have to be under body heat.

most swimmers prefer colder water because not only does warmer water make swimmers drowsy but it also heats the swimmers up, making it very uncomfortable to swim long distances. Cold water, because of its coldness is refreshing and also gives the body a jump start. It's proven to have made swimmers faster.

Well what ever the outdoor temp is say its 28 degrees outside it has to be 30 inside the centre and than add 1-2 degrees on to that so 31-32degrees will b in the pool. 28-33 degrees is the norm. Believe it or not coming from a national/world champion swimmer we do train in different pool temps to get the blood pumping. warmer water is normal for sprints and the normal 28-33 degrees is training and sprints. but normally its in the 28-33 degree pool