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Artistic Swimming

Synchronized swimming, now commonly called artistic swimming internationally, is an aquatics discipline with music, figures, routines, breath control and team synchronisation. It is not a lane race: execution, artistic impression, difficulty, synchronisation and rule compliance are judged.

LevelVariant FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / artistic swimming

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Classification

Category Water sport / artistic swimming

Family Aquatics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Choreographed aquatics discipline with music, figures, sculls, lifts and team synchronisation.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want to combine water, body tension, rhythm and team training.

Cost Moderate with club: swimwear, nose clip and course/club fee are usually enough to start. Club fee, training sessions, possible competition suit, music/team organisation and event fees. Artistic/synchronized swimming club, swimming federation club finder or aquatics club. Reliable swimming ability and supervised pool training are the base.

First progress Basic figures after weeks; clean routine and team synchronisation need regular practice.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

swimming ability
pool with deep section
coach
nose clip
swimwear
team practice

First steps

do a swim check
attend taster training
learn eggbeater/treading water
practise simple sculls
count a short sequence to music

Synchronized/artistic swimming club, swimming federation, aquatics club or indoor-pool beginner group.

Train only with supervision, suitable breaks, clear breath/underwater communication and not alone in deep water.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, team, water, synchronized-swimming, water-sport, artistic-swimming, aquatics-familie, synchronschwimmen

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform routines and figures to music as precisely, synchronously, difficultly and legally as possible.

Teilnehmer

Solo, duet or team by format.

Teamgröße

1 to team/acrobatic team by event.

Spielfeld

Artistic-swimming pool.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Execution, artistic impression, difficulty, synchronisation and deductions.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

pool
nose clip
swimwear
music
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

time/routine breach
missing required element
synchronisation error
safety/equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Aquatics
World Aquatics (WA)

Artistic Swimming Rules World Aquatics · rulebook · high
Introduction to Artistic Swimming Swim England · beginner-guide · high
When & How to Get Started in Synchronized Swimming SwimOutlet · blog-guide · medium