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Is there any videos out there to teach butterfly stroke and other non-basic strokes for swimming?
If not, are there good books out there to learn from?And what kind of exercises lead to success with completely new stoke-style? As for videos and reading, I prefer Internet resources.
History of the Freestyle Stroke
The freestyle swimming stroke was thought to have originated in Australia which is partially true. The stroke used to be called the “Australian Crawl” because competitive swimmers from Australia were winning events with this stroke. It is said the freestyle was originally from the pacific islands possibly the Solomon’s
There is a story which is probably true about a boy from the Solomon Islands who went to work in Australia in the 1800’s. He used to swim in one of the local pools using this stroke and someone pointed out that it looked like he was crawling. A swim coach took the basics of this stroke and refined it to what is the freestyle of today. The Australians were winning races with this stroke and the world took notice.
The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 had only four swimming events, three of them were freestyle. Two of these events were the 100 meters and 1500 meters freestyle races that were held in the open water. In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller was the first person to break the one minute mark in the 100 meter freestyle swimming it in 51 seconds, it was called the Australian crawl back then.
He held this record for over 17 years. He also won five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never lost a race in his career of ten years. He later went on to play Tarzan in a series of movies, always shown swimming in a small body of water or fighting an alligator underwater.
How to Swim Competitive Butterfly Stroke : How to Swim an Individual Medley Race
The individual medley is a swimming race that involves all four competitive swimming strokes: butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. Learn how to swim an individual medley race in this free swimming video lesson. Expert: Phillip Toriello Contact: www.PhillTheFlyingFish.com Bio: Phillip Toriello has been a competitive swimmer, a surfer, a lifeguard, a swim instructor and a junior lifeguard instructor. Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves
How to Teach Kids to Swim : Teaching a Child the Front Crawl Swimming Stroke
Learn how to teach a child how to perform the front crawl when swimming from a professional swim teacher in this free swimming lesson video. Expert: Samantha Raffio Bio: Samantha Raffio is a certified swim instructor who has been teaching the love of swimming for a decade. Filmmaker: Madison Paige
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Good Swimming Stroke Techniques – For Triathletes And Triathlons
Stroke basics
Swimming is a very difficult skill to learn, especially as it forces breathing to be more conscious and synchronized. You need to get your stroke basics practiced, practiced and practiced again. It takes time and focused learning of each component of correct propulsion, breathing and timing.
Stroke elements
Swimming well is not all about how many metres you cover but what you do in those metres. Understanding what each part of the stroke is trying to achieve means that you know if you are getting it right or wrong. You cannot think about it too much as this results in paralysis by analysis. However, just focus on yourself and stay relaxed.
Entry
From the high elbow with relaxed hand recovery, the flat hand enters the water just ahead of the head and in front of the shoulder. The hand goes into the water, downwards with the forearm and elbow following through the same hole created by the hand. This results in a rolling over on to the side of the body. • Wrong: outstretched with a flat forearm splash, reaching across your forward-looking eyeline or swimming with no body roll.
Catch
The palm must be turned back to face you, whilst still keeping the elbow high in the water. The hand is drawn backwards, pulling you past that point in the pool. The hand is looking to maintain pressure on the water and not slip. • Wrong: pulling inwards to the other side of the body or letting the elbow drop early in the catch.
Pull/press
Continue with this pulling backwards of the hand just below or alongside the body. This continues until the hand is alongside the thigh, elbow still slightly bent and palm facing backwards. Some experts suggest twisting the palm inwards at this stage before recovery. The arm should accelerate through this phase from the initial slower catch stage. The opposing arm extends as the propulsive arm finishes off, causing a body roll. • Wrong: pulling under the other side of the body, overextending the arm at the end of the press or failing to speed up the arm action through this phase.
Recovery
From the end of the press, the arm has released pressure on the water and the elbow lifts the hand out of the water. The hand remains low, just above the waterline, as the elbow lifts forwards. The hand is relaxed with either the palm backwards or facing you. The hand then passes the head and is set up for a flat palm entry.
Your mouth.
Your mouth opens and you will immediately inspire (breathe in) with little need for you to take a heavy in-breath. • Wrong: trying to both expire and inspire with your head out of the water, holding your breath too long or lifting your head too high to breathe.
Kick
As the metronome of the whole swim action, the kick needs to be rhythmical. Aim to initiate from the hip with the knee slightly bent on the downward action. On the upward lift, the leg is straighter Do not try to over-emphasize your kick; it should not be as propulsive as your arm action – remember that a triathlete also has to bike, then run. Eighty to ninety per cent of the event is yet to be completed when you exit the water.
May E. Miller – Trungeon stroke (LOC)
Image taken on 1910-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.
At the Olympic/World level, has anyone won a FREESTYLE swim event by swimming a stroke other than the crawl?
Long time ago, my swim team coach used to make us swim another stroke (usually Butterfly) in Freestyle heats against teams that weren’t as good as us. This was to make it more competitive, I suppose. Does anyone know at the National or World competition level if any swimmer has ever won a finals race swimming something other than the Crawl in a Freestyle race?