Pros And Cons Of Swimming Essay

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Have you noticed advertisements to register in a local swim club or a competitive team? Have you been thinking about joining, but you don’t know anything about the swim community? In this article, you will learn the basic strokes, turns, pros, and cons of swimming.
Let us start with the pros and cons of being on a swim team.
My first pro is that it is the only activity that works every muscle in your body. Swimming works your heart, lungs, legs, arms, core, back. It also works upper body, and lower body parts we don't use daily. Another benefit of being on a swim team is that it helps relieve stress and anxiety. Swimming will burn a lot of energy including nervous energy. The first con is that you cannot do it anywhere unlike other sports such as soccer or football. With the sport of swimming, you need a pool to practice in. Unless you have your own pool you need to go to a public facility to practice.
Second, we will learn about the turns and strokes of backstroke, and freestyle. First, we will learn how to do the stroke and turn to freestyle. When you push-off the wall, you want to have your hands flat stacked on top of each other. Your head looking at the bottom of the pool and your legs flutter kicking. This motion is streamline. When you get to the top of the water you will bring one of your elbows bent at about a 90-degree angle. Then you will extend your arm and pull the water behind you as your other arm starts to
Also how to do and turn on each stroke. Besides, you also know that the pros of being on a swim team are that it works every muscle in your body. Also it helps burn energy including the energy caused by stress and anxiety. The cons are that you cannot do it anywhere, so it cost money to go to a public facility to practice. unless you have your own pool. Now you know a lot about swimming. What will you decide to do about the advertisement for the local swim

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