Backstroke

swimmers don’t warm up, it could affect their speed. When swimmers aren’t loose, they could get cramps or pull a muscle. Scoring Want to learn how scoring works? The Four Strokes There are four swimming strokes called, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle. Some Simple Techniques There are some very helpful and easy techniques that you can learn to help you out with your swimming. Relays Have you ever wondered what Relays are?

achieved so much at such an early age. Kathleen was born on February 20, 1997 (20 years today) in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She holds many records for her club team SwimMac. For example, in the 100-yard backstroke (main stroke) her time is a 52.52 and a 1:00.63 in the 100-meter backstroke. She was also the third-ranked recruit in the nation, according to SwimSwam after high school. Kathleen considered many schools like Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee but committed to the University of California

A condition that may affect the optimal performance of a patient who likes to swim backstroke as a leisure activity is a shoulder impingement syndrome (OTPF, 2014). Shoulder impingement has been defined as a compression and mechanical abrasion of the rotator cuff structures as they pass beneath the coracoacromial arch during elevation of the arms. Shoulder impingement syndrome can cause shoulder pain and it occurs when there is impingement of the tendons or bursa in the shoulder from bones of the

was usually the fastest. Even though during a freestyle race, the racer can chose which style they want, It is not common to see the dog paddle or the sidestroke. Then besides the front crawl it is common to see breaststroke, butterfly, and the backstroke being used. But the styles have the most speed would be the front crawl or the australian, which are the most picks for any races and competitions. The first Olympic Games were a male only competition. In Paris is where the second Olympic Game

Team Canada and Women’s Sports Team Canada prepares to win Gold at 1930 Olympic Games in Track and Field Events next year Kaci Grosvold Staff Reporter T he first women’s Olympic Games was held is Paris France in 1922 where eighteen athletes broke records in front of 20,000 spectators. Now seven years later, Canada has organized their first brand new Olympic team to compete in next year’s 1930 Olympic Games in Prague. Initially the sports the women would be competing in were tennis, golf, archery

I watched it as it changed every few minutes. The meet seemed like it was going by so fast and my event, event 27: backstroke, was creeping up ever so quickly. I definitely didn’t want to get in the water again that day, but I had to get ready because my backstroke was coming up. The closer and closer it crept to my heat, the more and more my heart wanted to burst out of my chest. It was time. Event 26 was about to dive in which meant

competitive swimming, Merritt Swimming is their chance to compete at their own ability level. There are five levels of competition, each of which requires a tryout. Mantas- This is for swimmers 5-8 years old, who can swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke. Although they will not compete in breaststroke and butterfly, they will be introduced to the strokes while continuing

to the South Seas and saw people using the forward crawl but with a flutter kick which is now our modern day freestyle. Swimming first became featured in the Olympics in 1896 and the only strokes that were raced were Freestyle and Breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904

100 breaststroke in 1:12.93. Bret Harte had three more total second place finishes and two in third place. Morton finished second in the 100 butterfly, with a time of 1:01.78. Palmer came in second in the 100 backstroke in 1:07.98. And Powell had a time of 1:05.47 in the 100 backstroke to claim second place. Paul Westermann finished third in the 500 free with a finishing time of 6:16.26 and Riedel was third to finish in the 100 free with a time of 1:01.72. Calaveras’ top finisher was Sage Parham

now so technical and refined that it is classed as an individual or team sport as well as a recreational activity. One of the most popular sports of the Olympic Games today is swimming - highlighting events in different strokes like the butterfly, backstroke, freestyle and breaststroke. Competition is conducted both in a purpose built swimming pool as well as the open water. Olympic swimming is one of the most watched and oldest events, competitors from all over the world come together at a hosted city