I really want to go swimming today. Do you like swimming?
I love swimming! Humans can hold their breath underwater and make rudimentary swimming motions within weeks of birth.
Oh wow I didn't know that! What else do you know about swimming?
Swimming is among the top sports world wide and in some countries swimming lessons are a part of a child's standard education.
That's really neat! I like that they make it a part of children's education because it can help prevent children from drowning.
will reflexively hold their breath when submerged to protect their airway and are able to survive immersion in water for short periods of time. Infants can also be taken to swimming lessons. Although this may be done to reduce their risk of drowning, the effects on drowning risk are not reliable.
It is extremely important to note that while babies can imitate swimming motions and reflexes, they are not yet physically capable of swimming.
Infant swimming or diving reflex.
Most human babies demonstrate an innate swimming or diving reflex from
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