front crawl
Face-down racing stroke
Front crawl is a swimming stroke performed face-down in the water, using alternating overarm movements combined with a flutter kick.
Swimmers turn their heads to the side to breathe while one arm recovers above the water.
It is the fastest and most efficient of the competitive swimming strokes, which is why freestyle races are almost always swum using it.
She practiced her front crawl for an hour before moving on to backstroke.
Without prescribed technique
- flutter kickAlternating leg strokes while swimming
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- rotationTurning on an axis
- catchSeize or snag
pull · recovery · entry · body position · shoulder roll · glide · breath control · tumble turn
Struggle for supremacy
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- heatsIncreases temperature
finals · world championships · qualifying · podium · gold medal · record · champion · triathlon
Complete track circuits
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- fitnessGood physical shape
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
aerobic · drill · interval · endurance · repetition · warm-up · cool-down · kickboard
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
- flutter kickAlternating leg strokes while swimming
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- rotationTurning on an axis
catch · pull · recovery · entry · body position · shoulder roll · glide · breath control · tumble turn · flip turn
competition
Struggle for supremacy
heats · finals · world championships · qualifying · podium · gold medal · record · champion · triathlon · open water
laps
Complete track circuits
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- fitnessGood physical shape
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
conditioning · aerobic · drill · interval · endurance · repetition · warm-up · cool-down · kickboard · paddles
goggles
Sealed protective eyewear
starting block · kickboard · fins · lap counter · touchpad · pool · chlorine · wetsuit · snorkel · ankle band
- strokesbackstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, sidestroke
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- swim lessonsswim lessons, beginner lessons, swim class, swim instructor, swim coach
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps
front crawlbreaststroke
Arms circle, legs splay
doggy paddle · butterfly · butterfly stroke · sidestroke · dog paddle
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