Swimming

Swimming is a term which is used to describe the method in which humanoids and animals use to travel through water without any artificial assistance.

Although swimming was essential for survival for many species, over the centuries swimming became a favorite past time for humanoids. As well as swimming in natural water environments, swimming pools were built to allow people to swim more safely than could be possible in natural water.

Swimming was a very popular past time for Humans, so much so that swimming pools were added into the facilities available aboard starships. Among many keen swimmers, are Deanna Troi and Yuri Kuznetsov. (TNG episode: "Conspiracy"; novel: Reunion).