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swimming

vr.tr.swimming · INF.KNW

Let an agent support learning and practising swimming safely, explain strokes and training, give water safety guidance, and describe swimming sport and history.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent support learning and practising swimming safely, explain strokes and training, give water safety guidance, and describe swimming sport and history.

The self-propelled movement of a person through water, practised as a life skill, recreation, exercise, therapy and competitive sport, in pools, lakes, rivers and the sea, with strokes such as freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly; swimming ability prevents drowning and is taught worldwide.

What it is for: Water safety, recreation, health and sport.

It can be support learning to swim; explain strokes and training; give water safety guidance; describe competitive swimming.

Distinguishing features

Aquatic locomotion

Life skill

Exercise and therapy

Competitive sport

What it looks like

People moving through water using arms and legs.

How it is recognised

Self-propelled movement in water

Recognised strokes

Diving and water polo are related aquatic sports

Related models

is a kind of - category

skill

is a kind of - category

aquatic locomotion

takes place at - open water

shore

is related to - exercise physiology

muscle contraction

In practice

Families and kinds

learn-to-swim and survival swimming

recreational and open water swimming

competitive pool swimming

swimming therapy and rehabilitation

sea bathing and wild swimming

Standards and regulation

World Aquatics competition rules

Pool safety and lifeguard standards

Bathing water quality rules

Failure modes and hazards

Drowning

Cold water shock and rip currents

Waterborne illness

Also called

sea bathingswimming therapyclothed swimmingNude swimming classes in the United Statestreading waterSwimming suffragistsrescue swimmingsnorkelingwater gymnasticsschool swimming classesChildren in watercompetitive swimmingopen water swimmingmixed bathingResistance swimmingbog snorkellingwomen's competitive swimmingmen's competitive swimmingrecreational divingpara swimmingmasters swimmingfreestyle swimmingobstacle swimmingunderwater swimminglong-distance swimmingwinter swimmingmen's open water swimmingwomen's open water swimmingwreck divingPADI Discover Scuba Divingsolo divingkayak diving4 × 200 metres freestyle relay4 × 50 metres freestyle relay1500 metre freestyle400 metre freestyle50 metres freestyle800 metre freestyle4 × 100 metre freestyle relaycross-Channel swimming

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Safety Water safety.

Safety first.

Danger

Someone in trouble.

Danger

Emergencies.

  1. Is someone in difficulty in the water now? boundary
  2. Should emergency services be called and rescue equipment used rather than entering the water? action

Rules

Safe swimming.

Rules

Safe swimming.

  1. What do water safety bodies advise for pools, open water and cold water? provenance
  2. Is this water safe and supervised? provenance
Learn Learning to swim.

Everyone can learn.

Lessons

Finding lessons.

Lessons

Lessons.

  1. Where can adults or children learn to swim here, and what do lessons cover? provenance
  2. Which national swimming standards exist? provenance

Strokes

Technique.

Strokes

Technique.

  1. How is this stroke performed, and which drills improve it? action
  2. How can breathing be improved? action
Sport Competitive swimming.

Rules and training.

Competition

Rules and events.

Competition

Competition.

  1. What are the rules and events of competitive swimming? provenance
  2. Which records stand, according to official bodies? provenance

Training

Training plans.

Training

Training.

  1. How should a training plan be structured for this goal? action
  2. When should a coach be involved? boundary
Health Swimming for health.

Benefits and cautions.

Benefits

Health benefits.

Benefits

Health benefits.

  1. What are the health benefits of swimming, according to health authorities? provenance
  2. How is swimming used in therapy and rehabilitation? provenance

Cautions

Medical cautions.

Cautions

Cautions.

  1. Are there conditions for which swimming needs medical advice? boundary
  2. How can water quality illness be avoided? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each stroke be a separate entry?
  • How should safety guidance be localised?
  • How should open water quality data be linked?
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