Swimming

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Recently it has been said that everyone can swim. Unfortunately, that's only half the truth, because everyone can stay afloat for a long time, if they haven't developed the appropriate fear, but that has nothing to do with swimming!

And swimming is not only knowledge of at least one type of swimming, but also knowledge of water in general and sea, lake, river and swimming pool in particular. And even then you can't call yourself a swimmer, because that also includes proof that you can not only swim a certain distance in a certain amount of time, but that you are also able to keep another person afloat if necessary to be able to

Appropriate swimming skills are ideally acquired during elementary school. But even then, especially if you are one of the slightly better swimmers, you tend to misjudge distances, current speeds or your own current performance. Unfortunately, this often leads to lifeguards drowning trying to save lives.

That's why two things are particularly important, first, that parents fulfill their duty of supervision, and second, that everyone at least tries to learn to swim themselves.

Holding on to the edge of the pool or river bank while drunk is one of the less promising methods. And the handing out of swimming badges because the child has tried so hard or the parents don't insist either!

That is why it is rightly said that anyone who is willing to learn, practice and also keep fit and informed can swim — unfortunately, effort and performance are increasingly frowned upon with us, which has the result, among other things, that we are mostly losing young people unnecessarily.