Aquatics

Aquatics is a term for water sports. The world organizing body for aquatics is Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). FINA recognizes five distinct sports; Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Open Water Swimming, and Synchronized Swimming.

Sports

Swimming

Swimming competition consists of swimmers racing against one another over measured distances in a swimming pool. The four major strokes used in swimming competitions are backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle (front crawl). See the separate article Competitive Swimming for more detail.

Water polo

Water polo is a ball game played in a swimming pool. See the separate article Water polo for more detail.