Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a competitive and recreational water sport competed in individually or on a relay, however points can be scored for a team. Competitive swimming is seperated into several categories some in open water, others in a competition pool which can take place in a 25-yard 25-meter or 50-meter long pool. There are four competitive swimming strokes, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

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endurance

Sports; Swimming

Swimmers, like other athletes, must be in great shape so they will be have the physical stamina to compete at the highest level of the sport.

gutter

Sports; Swimming

Gutters are installed around the edge of the pool to catch water that has been splashed out of the pool during a race. The water is then re-circulated back into the pool.

heats

Sports; Swimming

The number of races a swimmer will have to swim to complete the event. This might consist of a preliminary around to eliminate some swimmers and then a final round for the top qualifiers in that ...

high lift style

Sports; Swimming

This is a type of breaststroke.

hypoxic training

Sports; Swimming

A way to help swimmers deal with a lack of oxygen. In training exercises a swimmer will swim some distance without breathing.

interval training

Sports; Swimming

Swimming using a certain stroke resting and then swimming the same stroke again.

kickboard

Sports; Swimming

This is a small rectangle piece of equipment that floats and a swimmer uses it to practice their kicking motion. You see small children use them a lot because they can hold on to it and kick and move ...