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Green swimming: getting into the energy saving rhythm

Why is butterfly almost as fast as freestyle? By developing good rhythm and timing of body actions skilled butterfly swimmers are able to swim more economically than less skilled swimmers - almost as economically as freestyle! Implications for coaching and identification of swimmers suited to competitive butterfly swimming are discussed.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:endurance sports
Published in:Applied Swimming Programme Schedule - 27th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports
Language:English
Published: Limerick International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 2009
Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/3056
Document types:congress proceedings
Level:advanced