Kinds of Water Sports And Its Explanation
There many kinds of water sport that you should know. Sports can be done anywhere both in indoors and outdoors, on the field or on the street, whether on land, in the air, or in the water. Actually, the water sport is also so many kinds. Here we inform the famous water sports.
Swimming
Swimming is one of the sports that can improve your health. This sport is practically minim of risks or physical injury because when swimming, the weight is held up by the water to float. Moreover, swimming is the most recommended exercise for those who have excess body weight, pregnant women, and people with bone joint disorders (arthritis). The benefits of swimming are to build muscle, improve the ability of lung and heart function, add height, train to breathe, burn more calories, and relieve stress.
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Water Polo
Water polo is a water sport that is played on a team. This sport is considered a combination of swimming, soccer, basketball, and wrestling. Each team consists of 6 players and a goalkeeper. The aim of water polo game is same as football which is to score as many goals as possible.
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Snorkeling
Snorkeling or skin diving is a diving activity by using tools such as diving mask and snorkel. Usually, the divers also use the motion aids, the frog legs to increase the thrust of the foot. Snorkel is a dive tool in the shape of letter J with a protective mouth at the bottom end. The function of this tool is as a respirator so the diver does not need to lift the head up to the water surface to breathe. Snorkeling is done on the surface of the water only because of the standard equipment. Snorkeling is also done during the day because it relies on the sun's rays.
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Diving
Diving is a port that done in the water, not at the surface. Diving can be divided into 2 kinds, free diving, and scuba diving.
- Free Diving. It is an activity by holding the breath for some time in the water and only relies on the lungs capacity without breathing aids.
- Scuba Diving. It is an activity in the water by using breathing aids in the form of air tubes. With the air tubes during the diving, the scuba divers can be free to act in the water without to hold the breath.
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Canoe
A canoe is a small narrow boat and driven by human labor. Usually, the two canoe ends are both pointed and the top is open. Canoes use the human power that is driven by paddles. The number of riders depends on the size of the canoe but generally two riders. The position of the paddlers is sitting facing towards the destination of travel. So, it distinguishes from the rowing sport which is facing back.
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Surfing
Surfing is a sport that generally performed on high waves. Surfing is done by wearing a special board called surfboard as a tool to maneuver over the waves. The board will move by utilizing the power of the power of the undersea stream and the direction is controlled by the surfer. Maintaining the balance is important too.
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