Streamline (swimming)Streamline form is a swimming technique that is used underwater in every stroke. At the start of a race or on a turn, streamline form is used, usually along with a dolphin kick or flutter kick, to create the least resistance to help the swimmer propel as far as they can. Many factors contribute to the perfect streamline form and mastering this method increases a swimmer's speed. Streamline is one of the key fundamentals to mastering any stroke.
Front crawlThe front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl or American crawl, is a swimmingstroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, and hence freestyle is used metonymically for the front crawl. It is one of two long axis strokes, the other one being the backstroke.
Dolphin kickThe dolphin kick is a kicking movement used in swimming. It is frequently used by competitive swimmers during entry and turns, and as part of the butterfly stroke. DescriptionThe dolphin kick is named for its resemblance to the motions made by a swimming dolphin. It is typically used in competitive swimming immediately after a swimmer enters the water or after turns.
Butterfly strokeButterfly (shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the front. Both the arms and the legs are symmetric, with the arms moving symmetrically down the front of the body and then over the water, and the legs moving up and down together in a dolphin kick.
Cave of SwimmersThe Cave of Swimmers is a rock shelter with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebirplateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara Desert. It is located in the New Valley Governorate of southwest Egypt, near the border with Libya. Modern discoveryThe rock shelter and rock art were discovered in October 1933 by the Hungarian explorer László Almásy.
Melchisédech ThévenotMelchisédech or Melchisédec Thévenot (c. 1620 – 29 October 1692) was a French writer, scientist, traveller, cartographer, orientalist, inventor, and diplomat. He was the inventor of the spirit level and is also famous for his popular posthumously published 1696 book The Art of Swimming, one of the first books on the subject and widely read during the 18th century. Benjamin Franklin, an avid swimmer in his youth, is known to have read it.
Finning techniquesFinning techniques are the skills and methods used by swimmers and underwater divers to propel themselves through the water and to maneuver when wearing swimfins. There are several styles used for propulsion, some of which are more suited to particular swimfin configurations. There are also techniques for positional maneuvering, such as rotation on the spot, which may not involve significant locational change.
SwimmingSwimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve a level of buoyancy and hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion.
Competitive swimmingSwimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay.
LibyaLibya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. With an area of almost 1.8 million km (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world.
Benjamin FranklinAmerican Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706[O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general. Born in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Franklin became a successful in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing The Pennsylvania Gazette at age 23.
FrogOrder of amphibiansA frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibianvertebrates composing the orderAnura (coming from the Ancient Greekἀνούρα, literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough skin texture due to wart-like parotoid glands tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal and purely cosmetic, and does not reflect taxonomy or evolutionary history.TorsoThe torso or trunk is the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend. The tetrapod torso — including that of a human — can be divided into segments: The chest or upper torso. This section is also called the thorax or the thoracic region. This is where the forelimbs extend. The abdomen. The abdomenal section is also known as the "mid-section" or midriff.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.