Swimming Classification

With the sport of swimming, swimming swimming and shirt were divided into two major categories of competitive swimming. Utility is divided into sidestroke swimming, snorkelling, anti-breaststroke, tread water, ambulance, armed sea crossings; competitive swimming into breaststroke, crawl, backstroke, butterfly.
Competitive swimming, from the first Olympic Games (1896) on the inclusion of the official Olympic Games. Development to the present, a variety of championships, the international large-scale competition and constantly promote the development of competitive swimming, it moves better technology, has created one after another excellent score.
History and Development of the ancient times to now, whether it is in order to hunt, to avoid the event of shipwreck or beast that they can be self-help, swimming is an important one of the survival skills. Far in 2500 BC, ancient Egypt has been similar to swimming activities. Romans built huge bath, but also the upper reaches of the community as a leisure swimming and social activities of the establishments. Early swimming activities, only be regarded as noble soldiers in their children's education and training is an integral part of the eighteenth century until the end of the working class to participate in swimming time and the opportunity to increase after the swimming began to become a universal activity.
Competitive swimmers from the United Kingdom and Australia, and later introduced to other countries, the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, the world swimming competition generally begin with Swimming Association has been established one after another. British Amateur Swimming Association (formerly the Metro Swimming Association) was established in 1869, was the first established National Swimming Association. At 1850 to 1860, the UK and Australia have been the occasion of swimming competition. When the International Olympic Committee in June 16, 1894 in Paris set up, swimming in 1894 has been listed as one of the Olympic project. As for the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA), was founded in 1908.
Breaststroke is the first game of the beach as a type, but is also a freestyle and butterfly to evolve. In 1940 and the 1950s, because a lot of the Japanese swimmers to use the loopholes in the regulations in the diving competition at long distance, in order to gain the benefits, swimming rules in 1956 will there be any changes, only allows swimmers and to the pool after take-off after at the water could only be used once and kick arm movements. In order to reduce the water resistance and enhance the propulsive force, breaststroke kick and the arm movements had a number of reforms, however, has been the basic strokes do not have much access.
Yang backstroke early just floating in the water on and then push forward the breaststroke kicks. 1900 Olympic Games, there is beginning to use the hand swimming at the surface of the water over the beach-style forward, stampede-style kicks way until the Olympics in 1912 only began to emerge.
Butterfly arm methods are swimmers from Germany Erich Rademacher the first time in the breaststroke in 1926 the use of race at that time, he is still using the breaststroke kick in the way. 1952 Olympic Games, the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA) decided to breaststroke swimming style and separate, thus increasing the butterfly, and the beach can be used more members of the dolphin kick-style methods.