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The '''dog paddle''' or '''doggy paddle''' is a simple [[List of swimming styles|swimming style]]. It is characterized by the swimmer lying on their chest and moving their hands and legs alternately in a manner reminiscent of how [[dog]]s and other [[quadrupedal]] [[mammals]] swim.<ref>{{cite book|title=Boys' Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of Athletic, Scientific, Outdoor and Indoor Sports|year=1881|publisher=J Miller|author=William Clarke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiAMAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> It is effectively a "trot" in water, instead of land.<ref>{{cite book|title=At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore But Then Went Back to Sea|author=Carl Zimmer|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=1999|isbn=0-684-85623-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZZpBy-lLTgC|page=183}}</ref> | The '''dog paddle''' or '''doggy paddle''' is a simple [[List of swimming styles|swimming style]]. It is characterized by the swimmer lying on their chest and moving their hands and legs alternately in a manner reminiscent of how [[dog]]s and other [[quadrupedal]] [[mammals]] swim.<ref>{{cite book|title=Boys' Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of Athletic, Scientific, Outdoor and Indoor Sports|year=1881|publisher=J Miller|author=William Clarke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiAMAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> It is effectively a "trot" in water, instead of land.<ref>{{cite book|title=At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore But Then Went Back to Sea|author=Carl Zimmer|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=1999|isbn=0-684-85623-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZZpBy-lLTgC|page=183}}</ref> | ||
It was the first swimming stroke used by ancient humans, believed to have been learned by observing animals swim.<ref>{{ | It was the first swimming stroke used by ancient humans, believed to have been learned by observing animals swim.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colwin |first=Cecil M. |url=https://www.google.com.pe/books/edition/Breakthrough_Swimming/LPF6DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Breakthrough Swimming |date=2002-02-20 |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=978-1-4925-8500-8 |language=en}}</ref> Prehistoric [[cave paintings]] in [[Egypt]] show figures doing what appears to be the dog paddle.<ref>{{cite book|title=Olympic Swimming and Diving|author=Greg Kehm|page=[https://archive.org/details/olympicswimmingd0000kehm/page/4 4]|isbn=978-1-4042-0970-1|publisher=Rosen|year=2007|url=https://archive.org/details/olympicswimmingd0000kehm/page/4}}</ref> | ||
It is often the first [[List of swimming styles|swimming stroke]] used by young children when they are learning to swim.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Framework for Physical Education in the Early Years|author=H. Manners, M. E. Carroll|year=1995|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-7507-0417-9|page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2945yExihiEC}}</ref> | It is often the first [[List of swimming styles|swimming stroke]] used by young children when they are learning to swim.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Framework for Physical Education in the Early Years|author=H. Manners, M. E. Carroll|year=1995|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-7507-0417-9|page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2945yExihiEC}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:42, 22 July 2025
The dog paddle or doggy paddle is a simple swimming style. It is characterized by the swimmer lying on their chest and moving their hands and legs alternately in a manner reminiscent of how dogs and other quadrupedal mammals swim.[1] It is effectively a "trot" in water, instead of land.[2]
It was the first swimming stroke used by ancient humans, believed to have been learned by observing animals swim.[3] Prehistoric cave paintings in Egypt show figures doing what appears to be the dog paddle.[4]
It is often the first swimming stroke used by young children when they are learning to swim.[5]
The dog paddle has also been taught as a military swimming stroke when a silent stroke is needed - since neither arms nor legs break the surface.[6]
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