Swimming is a full body competitive sport that improves cardiovascular health, muscle strength and flexibility.
The sport incudles having quick reflexes and good breath control.
Swimmers need to be in control of their pace especially for athletes who do distance.
There are four main strokes that make up competetive swimming
Having good stokes is really important to be a good swimmer
Help isolate the legs, enhance endurance and improve kicking technique.
Help improve your form leading to better stokes and smoother swimming.
Build upper body strength especially your arms and shoulders. They help in improving speed and technique too.
Help in building leg strength and improve your kicking. They also help with speed.
Frontcrawl or freestyle is probably the stoke that comes to mind when you think of swimming.
It is the easiest one to learn and execute. An important thing to work on while practicing this stoke is to keep your head down which will help you float.
It will also make breathing easier. Learning how to breathe on both sides comes in very handy. Freetyle is a fan favourtite since it is the fastest one to swim.
In competitive swimming, the swimmer must touch the pool with one hand at the end of their lap on both ends.
Fly is complex and advanced swimming style.
It is the hardest one to learn and execute. You ahve to be on your stomach with continous dolphin kicks and an overhead arm motion.
It is exhausting to swim but it strengthens your core muscles.
In competitive swimming, the swimmer must touch the pool with both hands while being on their stomach.
It is the only stroke that is swum while being on your back entirely.
You have to be on your back with neutral head postion and continous flutter kicks. You need to ahve constant side to side body rotation.
It is the only stroke that is started while being in the water.
In competitive swimming, the swimmer usually does a flipturn and touches the wall with their feet to gain momentum.
It is the only stroke that is swum while being on your back entirely.
You have to swim face down without moving your torso. You have be in a precise coordination of switching between a frog and going into streamline position to propel forward.
It helps in building core and leg strength .
In competitive swimming, the swimmer must touch the wall with both hands simultaneously.
