What are the things to pay attention to in swimming competitions?

Nowadays, more and more people take swimming as a fitness exercise, especially in summer, both adults and children love swimming very much. Although swimming is good for our body, if safety measures are not in place, drowning incidents can easily occur, especially for children. So before learning to swim, you should understand the corresponding safety measures and precautions.

1. Swimming must be conducted under the supervision of a parent (guardian). Going swimming alone is most likely to cause problems. If your companion is not a parent (an adult), it is difficult to guarantee that you will receive proper rescue in case of danger.

2. People who are sick should not go swimming. Patients with chronic diseases such as otitis media, heart disease, skin disease, liver and kidney disease, hypertension, epilepsy, conjunctivitis, as well as those suffering from cold, fever, mental fatigue and physical weakness should not go swimming, because swimming may aggravate their condition and cause cramps and accidental coma, which may be life-threatening. People with infectious diseases can easily spread the disease to others. In addition, female students should not swim during menstruation.

3. After participating in heavy physical labor or strenuous exercise, you cannot jump into the water to swim immediately, especially when you are sweating profusely and have a fever all over your body. Otherwise, it is easy to cause cramps, colds, etc.

4. It is not advisable to swim in polluted (poor water quality) rivers, reservoirs, rapids, the confluence of two rivers, or rivers and lakes with a drop in height. Generally speaking, it is not suitable to swim in rivers, lakes or ponds where the water conditions are unclear.

5. Swimming is not recommended in bad weather conditions such as thunderstorms, winds, sudden weather changes, etc.

After reading the above editor’s description of safety measures for swimming, I wonder if all of you friends who are learning to swim are satisfied! If adults are learning to swim, they should learn to save themselves, and if children are learning to swim, parents should accompany them. In fact, whether adults or children, learning to swim is good for our health.