Sculls and Lifts: Basic Synchronized Swimming Skills

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

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 [...]