Chirk Dragons Swim Stroke information

The following information on swim strokes and techniques will make sense of the development swimmers will experience with the coach. It is not exhaustive but useful information, the Coach has the FINAL SAY....

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Front Crawl The majority of competitive swim events are front crawl events, mainly as it is the fastest and most efficient stroke to use for freestyle races.........

Back Crawl has it’s origins in the British backstroke and it is governed by the backstroke laws......

Butterfly stroke is the second fastest competitive stroke due to the long arm propulsion action, and also the dolphin kick provides good forward propulsion whilst the arms are recovering to the next stroke start position.......

Breast stroke is the slowest of the four main competition strokes......

Forward Race Starts and Transition to Stroke The swimmer will place their toes over the edge of the block with legs about shoulder width apart........

Common reasons for disqualification Do not do or get caught doing the following........

Event technical bits explained Beginners guide....