What equipment do you need for swimming? How can you learn to swim quickly?

Summer is here, it is a good time to swim. Why not invite three or five friends to the swimming pool to practice more? I believe you will learn it soon! First, let's take a look at what swimming equipment is there? Then let's learn how to learn to swim quickly? Finally, learn which of the following situations are not suitable for swimming, so that everyone can exercise healthier.

Contents of this article

1. What equipment do you need for swimming?

2. How to learn to swim quickly

3. It is not advisable to swim in the following situations

What equipment do you need for swimming?

It goes without saying that you need a suitable swimsuit, swimming cap, and swimming goggles. Nose clips and earplugs are up to your personal needs. Anti-fog liquid for swimming goggles is also essential. For swimming beginners, a floating board is essential. There are roughly three types of floating boards: A-type floating boards, U-type floating boards, and back floats. A-type floating boards have a stronger grip, while U-type floating boards are more comfortable to grip. Back floats are generally layered, and you can adjust the buoyancy by adding or reducing the number of pieces according to your needs. Some people also use swimming sticks, but swimming sticks are not easy to store.

There are also hand fins and foot fins. Hand fins are divided into half-palm hand fins and full-palm hand fins. Beginners generally don't need hand fins. Usually, they choose hand fins after they can swim to enhance the sense of water or correct the stroke. Foot fins are divided into short foot fins and long foot fins. If you practice swimming in a swimming pool, short foot fins are enough. Beginners can also use foot fins directly to learn freestyle and butterfly stroke, which can increase the efficiency of learning. There are also breaststroke fins specially prepared for breaststroke, but I personally think that breaststroke fins are a bit useless. I use a pair of oval short foot fins, which can also be used for breaststroke, but I don't think the effect is very good when swimming breaststroke.

There are also some less commonly used equipment or more professional equipment, such as snorkels, swimming splints, swimming metronomes, etc. If you want to try free diving in a deep water pool, the snorkel, snorkeling mask, diving suit, etc. mentioned above are also necessary. If you are swimming in open water, a life-saving ball following behind you is also necessary.

How to learn to swim quickly

When learning to swim, you must first be brave. When you are in shallow water, you can practice holding your breath to float. When you are on the water, take a deep breath and don't let go. Then close your eyes, pinch your nose, and sink into the water. Don't breathe during this period, and don't be afraid of water. Slowly relax your body. At this time, you will feel your legs slowly floating up, and then your whole body will float up. As long as you relax your body and try to hold your breath, you can float up. This is because the density of the human body is slightly greater than that of water, and air in the lungs can float up very well.

After you have practiced holding your breath, slowly stretch out your hands and feet, gradually get your body closer to the water surface, bring your arms forward and then back to paddle, coordinate your feet, and you can swim in the water. You can slowly exhale underwater, and when you have exhaled almost everything, you can get up to breathe and swim again. This is just simple swimming, and the posture may not be standard. If you want to learn more complex swimming styles such as breaststroke and freestyle, you also need to master the movement of your hands and feet and the timing of breathing, which requires further study.

Learning to swim may take a few hours or even days. It is just a simple exercise that can be done underwater. If you want to improve your swimming posture and master more breathing techniques, you need to practice more. Just knowing the theory may not work underwater. Summer is here, which is a good time to swim. Why not invite three or five friends to the swimming pool to practice more? I believe you will learn it soon!

It is not advisable to swim in the following situations

1. People who suffer from serious diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, tuberculosis, etc., and who cannot bear large amounts of exercise. People who have a cold, fever, mental fatigue, or physical weakness are not allowed to go swimming.

2. Patients with infectious diseases such as trachoma, otitis media, and skin diseases may cause trouble to others.

3. It is not advisable to swim immediately after a meal or after drinking, because the stomach is easily cramped and painful due to water pressure and cold stimulation, which can cause chronic gastroenteritis over time. You can swim forty minutes after a meal.

4. It is not advisable to swim during menstruation. If you have protective equipment and are used to swimming, you can swim, but the time should not be too long.

5. You cannot go swimming alone. Going swimming alone without a companion is the easiest way to get into trouble. Students should be accompanied by their parents or adults when swimming. Otherwise, they are prohibited from going swimming.

6. After participating in heavy physical labor or strenuous exercise, you cannot jump into the water to swim immediately, especially when you are sweating profusely and have a fever all over your body. Otherwise, it is easy to cause cramps, colds or accidents.

7. Swimming is not recommended in polluted rivers, reservoirs, rapids, confluences of two rivers, or rivers and lakes with a large drop in height. Generally speaking, swimming is not recommended in rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs where the water conditions are unclear.

8. Swimming is not recommended in bad weather conditions such as thunderstorms, winds, sudden weather changes, etc.