Swimming float

Swimming float

A swimming float is normally used for toddlers or other very young children who are beginning to learn how to swim. These devices, which come in many shapes and types, are used to aid them with buoyancy.

The most common ones are the ring float (the user swims in the middle of it) and the arm floats (they are placed around the user's arms). How they are able to float is the air inside the float. Since it is already made up of thin synthetic material, it is already not dense. The float is then inflated with air through a valve: the total density is a few times less than that of water.

Swimming float-assisted can be more difficult than swimming without the float, because if the float is held in front of the swimmer a more vigorous workout for the legs is given as the swimmer's weight is propelled solely by the legs, and vice versa for the arms.


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