Swimming is our national pastime, but too many kids aren’t learning how

Friday, Jan 24, 2025, 01:32 AM | Source: Pursuit

Abbey Boyer

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For a country with 34,000 kilometres of coastline, it may not come as a surprise that swimming is the most popular form of recreation and physical activity for Australian children aged 0 to 14 years old.

Apart from being a great form of exercise, providing opportunities to be outdoors and socialise, swimming is also Australia’s most successful Olympic sport.

University of Melbourne Researchers