depends on what level, 10-20 hours a week, to be a full on swimmer
If someone wants to become an Olympic swimmer, they will need to start training many hours a day at an early age. You may also want to adopt a special diet, get a coach to help, and swim every day.
You would have to be a very strong swimmer and you would have to really enjoy it and have some potential! I'm not sure about the division 1 bit but that is what you need to get a scholarship in swimming! Good luck
You don't need very much to start, you just need to know how to swim. Experience will come with training.
it does not usually matter as long as you can swim well like if your abad swimmer you go in the low end if your a good swimmer you go in the deep end but usually you need to be over 4-5 years of age
it does not usually matter as long as you can swim well like if your abad swimmer you go in the low end if your a good swimmer you go in the deep end but usually you need to be over 4-5 years of age
It depends. You need to decide which swimming place.
The biggest weakness for swimming would have to be weak lungs. Swimmers need a large lung capacity to be fast. Breathing takes up time, so therefore not needing to breathe as much makes you a better swimmer. Before starting competitive swimming, I recommend doing breathing exercises to work lung capacity. Running is great for this as is yoga, which focuses on breathing. I have been doing competitive swimming for 10 years.
Muscular endurance is very important for swimming because the strokes are very repetitive. Muscular endurance is about the number of repeated contractions your muscles are able to perform. Swimming is the swimmer doing the same action repeatedly... Therefore, the muscles need to have endurance in order to contract multiple times so the swimmer can get to the other end of the pool.
The number of swimming lengths needed to get fit has several determining factors. The size of the pool, the beginning health and shape of the swimmer, and the desired health and shape all need to be considered.
Well for a competitive swimmer in longcourse it should be about 4-6 ( depends on age an level) so the average person that doesn't practice swimming probably 15 minutes if they could even finish it( depending on how physically fit they are and how their general technique is in swimming) 400 meters is a lot for someone who doesn't swim- thats 16 laps in a shortcourse pool and 8 in a longcourse.
I used to be a competitive swimmer for the Gator Swim Club in Gainesville. And I know that you always need to have great stamina, confidence But most importantly, you have to be able to hold your breathe for a long time!
All athletes need coordination, even swimmers and runners who don't seem like they are doing much. Think about the different swim strokes, like the butterfly which has complicated upper body movements. Even swimming the freestyle, swimmers must coordinate their arms and their legs to move at the same time but make different motions in order to swim fast.