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According to the USA Swimming Stroke and Turn Regulations, in order of the strokes the turns are to be: [4] Butterfly to backstroke is a two-hand touch open turn. Once a legal touch has been made, the swimmer may turn in any manner, but the shoulders must be at or past vertical towards the back when the swimmer leaves the wall.
He later did a similar stunt dive in April 1931, diving from a 75 feet (23 m) height into a shallow pool with just 5 feet (1.5 m) of water depth, to a backdrop of fireworks. [ 7 ] During the 1930s, he toured with his group "Dare Devil Peggy's Water Circus", alongside Olympic divers, sometimes booked at considerable expense to the organisers. [ 15 ]
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Two divers using frog kicks, in the resting position with bent knees and fins horizontal. Finning techniques are the skills and methods used by swimmers and underwater divers to propel themselves through the water and to maneuver when wearing swimfins. [1]
The U.S. artistic swimming team — coached by Andrea Fuentes, who bravely jumped into the pool and saved Alvarez when she fainted in the water in 2022 — performed three routines over three days ...
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Butterfly stroke Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke Butterfly stroke, shortly before entering the water again; view from behind. The butterfly (shortened to fly [1]) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick") along with the movement of the hips and chest.
This may be the fastest form of swimming. Swimming creates vortices which propel the swimmer forward. In the dolphin kick, the vortices go up and down, where they're disturbed when they hit the surface of the water or the bottom of the pool. But with the fish kick, they go sideways, where there are no obstructions. [3]