Breaststroke

child to ‘doggy paddle;’ however, you should teach them the arms for freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. Freestyle is the most common and generally fastest – aside from butterfly – style of swimming. One must move their arms in circles that go by the sides of the body and up near the ears forward. The back stroke is the same thing except that you lie on your back and move the arms backward. Breaststroke is another set of arm and leg movements. For the arms, one must start with their arms at their

backstroke in 51.85 in 2009. Ryan Murphy from from the U.S swam the 100m backstroke in 51.85 in 2009 and 2016. Aaron Perisol from the U.S swam the 200m backstroke in 1.51 in 2009 and the 50m backstroke in 2017. Ippei Watanabe of Japan swam the 200m breaststroke in 2.06 . Rafael Ramos of Spain

stroke, which he described as, “crawling through the water” (usaswimming.org). Hence, the name front crawl. 2. As I previously mentioned, I will describe the four basic strokes that swimming consists of, such as the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly A. The Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA), the governing body for international competitive swimming, regulates everything swim related. i. FINA, states that, “the four official strokes, breast, back, free and fly, comprise

In 2014, the population of the United States was 318.9 million. Of those 318.9 million, 44% do not know how to swim.That is 140,316,000 people. This is a much higher number than I think many people would expect. Learning how to swim can be difficult, but the benefits are abundant. I have been swimming since I was very little. But, I didn’t start competitive swim until I was 10 years old. When I first started swimming, I was one of the worst swimmers on the team. Many of the swimmers that were younger

giving them a warning to finish up and gather around. As the swimmers gathered you could see how anxious they all were. The coaches assigned them to different lanes to do a 500 yard warm up of every stroke and dive. These strokes were freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and back. Every stroke they practiced had there own technique. This was the last time swimmers were able to work on their stroke techniques, turns, and dives before their events. As they were all coming to an end of their warm up you

cases, swimmers will not be allowed to swim if the have unapproved swim wear, or equipment not allowed in races (fins, hand paddles, snorkels, kick boards, etc). The only stroke which does not allow multiple dolphin kicks underwater is breaststroke, the breaststroke uses an underwater pullout, in which the swimmer may only use on dolphin kick per

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 to race. They

backstroke in 51.85 in 2009. Ryan Murphy from from the U.S swam the 100m backstroke in 51.85 in 2009 and 2016. Aaron Perisol from the U.S swam the 200m backstroke in 1.51 in 2009 and the 50m backstroke in 2017. Ippei Watanabe of Japan swam the 200m breaststroke in 2.06 . Rafael Ramos of Spain swam

butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle, some notable performances from the meet were by: 6-year-old Joseph Hawpe taking home 2nd place in the 25-yard

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 to race. They