is synchro swimming a sport?
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I think it takes alot of athleticism...  Definitely a sport.
990769
Absolutely! I know what synchro is, I'm on a team. People assume that old fat ladies do synchro, and that it is really easy, but truly it is extremely difficult. Seriously, is holding your breath for a minute while counting and doing hybrids upside-down (while staying balanced and switching patterns) lifting 100lb girls out of the water really very easy, not when you can't touch the bottom of the pool, can't wear goggles, you have make-up getting in you eyes, people kicking you in the face and smiling all at the same time! Okay after hearing that, try to tell me that synchro is not a hard thing to do!
942877
Swimming is a very gentle yet effective exercise for toning the whole body.
412591
people think it's a wimpy sport. when it really isnt. it's actually much harder than the "tough" sports, like basketball and football. both mentally and physically.\nand on the men side. most men look at men swimming, and think yuck, they have to wear speedos! but i'd like to see them jump in and swim 10,000 yards! everybody can run. hardly anybody can swim!
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It's probably swimming...\n\nI've played a lot of sports but nothing gives your whole body as good a workout as swimming.
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Swimming is a build up sport.\nstart off slow say 20 laps(without stopping)\ndo that for a week.\nNext week try 25 or 30. \nJust keep building it up.\nYou will eventually be fit enough to swim a few kms if you want.
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Swimming is much better than running because it is low impact where as running is very high impact. \n\nSwimming is a valuable activity for physical therapy and exercise. Because it works the majority of the muscles in the body and provides both aerobic benefits and resistance benefits (as the swimmer pulls and pushes through the water), the sport is generally considered one of the most complete forms of exercise. Swimming does not strain joints and connective tissue as much as many other forms of exercise, and swimmers injure themselves at a lower rate than most other athletes. Athletes in other sports who are recovering from injuries often swim to stay in shape.
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what is incredible about swimming is that it is horizontal exercise,and like flying in mid-air! For some people it might be the only horizontal exercise they ever get.. Because you are in the water you are able to move more weight with less resistance,and exercise your cardio-vascular system ( if you progress into laps,especially) A great body workout!!
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=HB\n\nIt's an olympic sport lol
948126
Yes, I swam competitively for years.  Its great because it is low impact and wont hurt your joints.  I was in the best shape of my life when I was on the team.
633189
It is considered a sport. It's just not listed on here. They have fishing tournaments all over the world. Yahoo Answers is still in the Beta stage. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page that says "Tell us what you think" and submit your ideas and comments there.
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OH YES!!!!!!!\n\nAnd if you are nto swimming for competition and can swim well enough you could save your life.. then you dont have to learn anything else!\n\nUnless you want to!\n\nBreaststroke is great ... keep on going...\n\nYou can also use a kick board for working out and just kick ...really works out the legs\n\nGood for you any kind of swimming is gerat for fitness!\n\nGood Luck and keep it up!\nWismom
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sports played in the water\n\nie water polo, etc.
93189
Definitely swimming. You move your ENTIRE body when you swim and you can swim as hard you want or you can take it easy as well. But basketball is easier to get it on as it's just a matter of getting on court and do it. So if you find swimming is too much hassle then just do basketball. Any sport is better than no sport. :)
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Swimming has been known since prehistoric times. Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date from 2000 B.C., including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book, Colymbetes. Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen, was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association, Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.
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Apparently triathlons only take place during the Olympics.  thanks Mike...  Yahoo! has yet to add many sports to the list.  Skate/Snow boarding, Tri's, running.  None of these seem to have made.  But curling and snookering seem to have a large fan base.  Come on Yahoo! guys, think!!!!
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Within Denver, the one I know of is Foothills.  Their web site is http://www.foothillsswimteam.com/index.php\nI'd go to USA Swimming's Virtual Club Championship and look at the higher ranked programs in your area.  The ranking on VCC isn't foolproof, but it should give you a good idea of where to start.  The rankings on the Colorado programs are here http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/Report/ReportHolder.aspx?TabId=901&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=35&mid=2594 and you can find Colorado club web sites here http://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=503&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en\nWhat I would do is look at a few of the web sites, try to get their results from some big meets so you can see the times of other swimmers your age and see how they compare to your own.  Then after you've narrowed your choices down to a couple teams, you should be able to train with the team for a week for free (if you can't, i'd take that as a bad sign that the club is more interested in money than in recuriting and training quality swimmers), so try out a few teams and see what you think.