Swimming is just great. People use it for exercise and sport, and fun, and even survival!
Swimming is really effective exercise because it uses most major body systems.
You ever take swimming lessons? Most countries teach children to swim to a certain level in school
I never took swimming lessons but my 5 year old takes them twice a week. He is a very proficient swimmer which is important since we live in Florida.
Did you ever teach them to swim as a baby? Babies will instinctively move themselves through the water and can actually swim!
I have seen baby swimming lessons and it is kind of wild to watch.  I think that I want to put my son in more advanced lessons so that he can join a swim team.  Its great to get rid of excess energy.
Infant swimming
Infant swimming is the phenomenon of human babies and toddlers reflexively moving themselves through water and changing their rate of respiration and heart rate in response to being submerged. The slowing of heart rate and breathing is called the bradycardic response. It is not true that babies are born with the ability to swim, though they have reflexes that make it look like they are. Babies are not old enough to hold their breath intentionally or strong enough to keep their head above water.
Most infants, though not all,
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of