backstrokes
Supine swimming strokes
Backstrokes is the plural of backstroke, a swimming style performed lying face-up while rotating the arms backward in alternating strokes: She swam several backstrokes across the pool.
As a verb, backstrokes means to swim using this technique: He backstrokes every morning for exercise.
Arms circle, legs splay
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- lapOne complete circuit
pool · swimmer · lane · kickboard · goggles · cap · chlorine · buoyancy
breaststroke
Arms circle, legs splay
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
lap · pool · swimmer · lane · kickboard · goggles · cap · chlorine · buoyancy · dive
medley
Varied mixture or blend
qualifiers · championship · podium · medals · gold · silver · bronze · timings · laps · swimmers
rotation
Turning on an axis
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- entryAccess or submission
- catchSeize or snag
recovery · breathing · tempo · rhythm · cadence · timing · efficiency · glide · extension
backstrokesfront crawl
Face-down swimming technique
freestyle · breaststroke · butterfly · Australian crawl · crawl
backstroke, backstroked, backstroking, backstroker, backstrokers