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Corkscrew swimming: Alternating between front crawl and backstroke every arm. This leads to a constant rotation of the swimmer. The stroke is used mainly for training purposes and is also sometimes known as Newfie Stroke, referring to Newfoundland. When rotating every third stroke, this is called waltz crawl.
Type of amputation for an A1 classified sportsperson. A1 and A3 swimmers in this class have a similar stroke length and stroke rate to able bodied swimmers. [8] A study comparing the performance of swimming competitors at the 1984 Summer Paralympics found there was no significant difference in performance in times between men and women in A2 and A3 in the 50 meter breaststroke, men and women ...
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes (freestyle (usually front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley ( IM ) or by four swimmers as a medley relay .
The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 100-metre leg of the relay, each swimming a different stroke, in the following sequence: Backstroke (this can only be the first stroke, due to the necessity of starting this leg in the pool rather than by diving in) Breaststroke; Butterfly
Para-swimming classification is a function-based classification system designed to allow for fair competition in disability swimming. The classes are prefixed with "S" for freestyle , butterfly and backstroke events, "SB" for breaststroke and "SM" for individual medley events.
The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl [1] or American crawl, [2] is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. [3] As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, and hence freestyle is used metonymically for the
The combat side stroke uses the three main fundamentals of swimming: Balance: There are two things that affect your balance in the water - the head and lungs.Most people when swimming, especially when using breaststroke, will swim with their head up [citation needed] which forces their hips to sink down which is like they are swimming uphill and is a sign of being less comfortable.