It is really important to take regular exercise. This keeps all our muscles and joints working properly and it helps keep the heart healthy for pumping blood around the body.

Swimming is a great exercise because it uses the whole body. You have to use your arms and your legs in all the swimming strokes. You will be learning to swim at school but you can also have swimming lessons at local leisure centres or perhaps an adult can help teach you next time you are on holiday.

In this section you can find out about the different strokes and there are cartoons showing you how to swim each one properly. You can also make the swimmers speed up and slow down so you can see each stage of the strokes in more detail. To see the cartoons click on the links below or on the buttons on the right hand side of this page.