Hi guys I never learned to swim as a child, and I’ve signed up for adult swim lessons soon. Something I think will help me prepare for the lessons is I don’t know the mechanics/physics behind the motion. So I’m asking
1.) how do people float in water and why is it crucial to swimming?
2.) how do people actually move from point a to b in water while swimming?
EDIT: thanks so much to all who have responded with answers, tips, advice, and encouragement! Trying to read through all your helpful answers ☺️
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Picture a bird flying. Same thing. They flatten the wing when they push, but they collapse it on the way back up before the next push. Swimming is like flying in 0 gravity with a thick atmosphere.
You can control your bouyance with how much breathe you take into your lungs.
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