Аннотация
This article reveals the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching swimming to university students, the importance of this sport for the formation of students' personal qualities, a healthy lifestyle, and the development of physical personality traits. Practical exercises of innovative technologies for teaching swimming to students are presented. The conducted research made it possible to differentiate students by their ability/inability to swim and select exercises for each group of students to teach swimming to students who cannot swim and improve the physical qualities of students who can swim.