The breaststroke, one of the swimming styles currently supervised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), is also one of the oldest swimming techniques. It is perhaps the most popular style in recreational swimming primarily because the swimmer is able to keep his head out of the water a great deal of the time. The swimmer [...]
One of the five aquatic sports currently being supervised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) is synchronized swimming. This sport combines swimming with gymnastics and ballet. Accompanied by music, synchronized swimmers perform a sequence of complex moves. Performers in a competition are judged based on three criteria: difficulty of every movement satisfactory execution and synchronization [...]
Athletes with physical and visual disabilities compete in the different fields of the Paralympic Games. Twenty sports events make up the program of the Summer Paralympic Games. One of these events is swimming and, hence, is called Paralympic swimming. But Paralympic swimming is also played in sports competitions for the physically- and visually-impaired athletes in [...]
The World Swimming Federation is the organization tasked by the World Olympic Panel to oversee global marine sports competitions. There are five marine sports FINA supervises, which include open water swimming. Simply outlined, open water swimming is swimming in any of the different bodies of water, including streams, bays, lakes, or seas. Several events are [...]
There are at least sixteen different strokes utilized in swimming, and about 1/2 these are used in contests. By easy definition, a swimming stroke pertains to a method employed by a swimmer to drive himself forward ; the method involves the coordinated movements of the legs and arms. Of the different swimming styles that are [...]