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Swimming provides you the skills to propel through life. Qualities in swimming include goal setting, time management, work ethic, and self-confidence. Swimming is a full-body exercise which provides excellent physical conditioning. Swimming can be a hobby or a career, but most important, have fun with it. |
| Looking back in ancient times, it shows that swimming has been around for over four thousand years in the middle east. Swimming started out as a survival skill, and became a popular sport in the 19th century. | ![]() |
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Swimming started out with the breaststroke, sidestroke, and various forms of the crawl, which is typically called the freestyle today. The most recently invented stroke is the butterfly. |
| Swimmer's swimsuits have come along way. Back in the days swimsuits were made of wool and were cumbersome and heavy. Today they are made of certain fabrics that help swimmers more streamlined to improve their speed. | ![]() |
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