Why is it that entry into swimming in China is basically breaststroke, but in the United States it is freestyle?

Swimming is both a sport and an essential skill for survival, so many adults and children learn to swim in their spare time.

However, many people have discovered that unlike freestyle in the United States, people in China basically start with breaststroke. This is mainly due to the fact that breaststroke is a faster way to get started and the head can be kept out of the water.

In China, most beginners of swimming choose crash courses, which are simply the kind that takes about ten lessons.

For a coach who only has about ten lessons, it is normal for him to teach breaststroke as an introduction.

Breaststroke involves raising your head to breathe, which can minimize the problem of being unable to swim due to fear of water.

In addition, the movements of breaststroke are completely symmetrical, so there is no need to think too much about posture and balance. Therefore, although it is difficult to master, it is very fast to get started.

Compared with freestyle swimming where breathing or kicking may be taught in the first ten lessons, breaststroke is really effective.

For many people, why spend dozens of lessons if they can learn it in a few lessons? Breaststroke naturally saves time and money.

In addition, the process of learning to swim is still different in China and abroad.

In my impression, before swimming became an item in the current high school physical education entrance examination, few children went swimming except in summer.

Therefore, for many Chinese families, learning to swim is just a skill, and it is enough once you learn it.

Compared with the United States, many swimming pools in the United States are club-type, and children have the concept of swimming since childhood.

Among the children in these clubs, only those who are truly interested will be asked to sign up to learn swimming, and the rest will mainly play.

At this time, as a systematic course, freestyle was taught, which is why there are obvious differences in the entry-level swimming styles between the two countries.

Therefore, in view of the difficulty of the swimming stroke and national conditions, the entry-level swimming stroke in China is dominated by breaststroke.

However, there are also reports that the Chinese body structure is more suitable for learning breaststroke than freestyle swimming.

But this all varies from person to person, and it depends on why you learn to swim.