How old is swimming?

Answer 1

A suitable age to start swimming depends on the individual child; however, by 14 months, a child can learn to swim. Technically a child can learn to swim before then, but to be safe 14 months is recommended. This way, the child's verbal skills have been developed enough to express or show signs of being uncomfortable in the water.

Answer 2

Well when they turn 4 years old you get them a life jacket and you teach them to swim by kicking there legs and pushing there arms back and fourth and then they will learn more on there own. But be careful because then they will think they can everything in the swimming pool when your not out there.

Answer 3

it varies on your training skills and how your body develops im on the swim team and theres a 14 year old girl that went to state, it truly depends on how you work and if the good lord gave you the body for it.

Looking at Olympic swimmers to judge where the best people are, the peak performance of men and women differs a bit.

Men, due to the significant amount of additional muscle growth that occurs in the late teens and early twenties, find they're peak swimming years are roughly 21-28. that is, before 21, men will find that they can make substantial year-on-year improvements in speed, while at 21-28 they peak and can only make very small year-to-year improvements, then only decline after 30 as muscle mass decreases.

Women, on the other hand, have two things working in opposition: the teenage years encompass a significant physical growth period, but increased hormonal influence decreases strength:weight ratios. Thus, top women performers usually peak in their mid-to-late teens, and can hold that until their mid-twenties at best. Thus, for women, they tend to peak at 17-24 or so.

Note, of course, these are generalizations, and there are always exceptions. But, for virtually everyone, their best speeds come during their college years (and shortly afterwards).

Answer 4

With swimming, the younger the better. Babies have a natural talent in the water, and little to no fear. It is often observed that infants feel calm and secure in the water while starting lessons as a toddler can often be fraught with fear and nervousness for both the child and the parent struggling with the wiggly toddler.

Answer 5

Our children just finished their first swim lessons and they are 2 and 4. There were different levels of instruction for them based on their age. The 2 year old really benefited from the lessons, and they recommended that she go to the next level after the last lesson.

Answer 6

I did a project on that, it started in the late 1800's as a competitive sport

Answer 7

I say that a good age would be 10 or 11. As a parent of an eleven year old I am letting her swim ALONE.

Answer 8

Swimming lessons can begin from birth, as babies practically know how to swim already from being in water in the womb. Some women even give birth in the water.