• Principles of fluid mechanics, physical analysis of the “water” environment.
• Locomotion in water: resistance to advancement, propulsion analysis.
• The aquatic environment, aquatic and terrestrial motor patterns, analysis of problems related to the starting of motor skills activity in water.
• Analysis and teaching of the four swimming strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and front crawl, with hints on the competitive underwater swimming, the swimming dive starting, the turns and the medley swimming in the four swimming strokes.
• The swim school: objectives, levels, organization of courses and lessons, group management, buoyancy, apneas, the role of the swimming instructor, the different age groups.
• Synchronized swimming: description of the discipline, technique and teaching, competitive activity and propaganda.
• Overview of water polo, life-saving, water fitness and all motor activities addressed to special populations.
• Physiological adaptations to water immersion: effects of exercise in water; thermoregulation in water.