PE 11 - Swimming Styles

Freestyle

- aka front crawl, is the fastest and most efficient of the swimming strokes using in competition

- most common stroke used in competitive swimming
- the arms move alternately, one pulls underwater from overhead to hip, while the other recovers above water from hip to overhead

Breaststroke

- is a swimming stroke characterized by simultaneous circular arm movements followed by a frog-like kick

- slowest of the four main competitive strokes

Backstroke

- arms move alternately, one pulls underwater from overhead to hip, while the other recovers above water from hip to overhead.

- known for having the swimmer’s face out of the water for most of the time

Butterfly stroke

is a challenging swimming technique characterized by a simultaneous arm movement and an undulating dolphin kick.

Streamline

- is a form of swimming technique that is used underwater in every stroke. At the start of a swim, race or on a turn
- is a body position that minimizes drag and maximizes efficiency

50 meters

- a swimming event that is considered the shortest distance in competitive swimming

- standard length of an Olympic swimming pool

4 swimmers

the number of swimmers on each team for a relay race

Flip turn

name of the turn used in backstroke and freestyle events where the swimmer rotates in the water without touching the wall

fastest time

it is how the winner of a race is determine in competitive swimming

Flutter kick

- an alternating up-and-down leg movement used in both exercise and swimming
- primary kick used in freestyle and backstroke

Frog kick

a primary kick used in the breaststroke, where the legs are drawn up towards the body, kicked outwards and to the sides, and then brought back together with the legs straight