SWIMMING STYLES

Swimming Styles

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Discussion and Analysis2

Breaststroke2

Freestyle4

Butterfly6

Backstroke8

For a Coach9

Conclusion10

References11



Swimming Styles

Introduction

The following paper discusses in detail each of the strokes in swimming including break stroke, free style, butterfly and back stroke and ends with the most preferred way of swimming.

Discussion and Analysis

Breaststroke

Break stroke is a style of swimming where the swimmer is supposed to be lying face down in the water on his chest, his arms should be extended straight to the forward, and his legs should be extended straight back. The arm movement in breaststroke consists of three movements. The first is out sweep. The second is in sweep, and the third is the recovery step. The movements of the arm initiates with the stage of out sweep. Swimming coaches have argued on which is the best way to swim. For the beginners, the coaches suggest that Breakstroke is a little difficult style; therefore it should not be a preferred way of swimming for the novice swimmers. It is much better for those who have had experience in swimming.

In Breakstroke, from the very start, for better swimming outcomes, the coaches of swimming have advised the people that their hand should be sunk little downwards, but the palms should be facing outward. Both the hands should move apart from each other (www.swim-city.com). During this movement, both the arms should be kept as straight as possible and they must also be parallel with the surface. After the step of out sweep comes the step of the in sweep. In this step, the hands should be pointing downwards, and the movement should be such that the water should be pushed backwards. The elbows are supposed to be kept in an angle that should be horizontal to the shoulders (Davidson, 2011). In the end, comes the phase of recovery. In this phase, both the hands should be moved in a forward position again just like the position which was taken in the start. In a very gradual manner, the whole of the arm strokes starts (www.swim-teach.com). Slowly, it gains speed and reaches the peak speed of the arm movement as it was in the phase of in sweep, but then it again gradually starts to slow down in speed during the phase of recovery. The purpose of all these steps and stages is to produce the maximum amount of thrust in the in sweep stage and to produce minimum level of drag in the stage for recovery (Gul, n.d).

On the other hand, the coaches also consider the leg movement which is referred to as the frog kick. The leg movement consists of two stages. The first phase involves that the feet should be brought in an angle that should be suitable for the thrust stage as well as for the in sweep stage. Similar to the position that was taken initially, the legs should be stretched out as much as possible backwards (www.swimsmooth.com). The feet together should be moved in the direction of the posterior, but one thing should be kept in mind ...