Swimming styles

swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously

thumb|Michael Phelps swimming breaststroke at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.

thumb|Gordan Kožulj swimming backstroke at 2008 Euros Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It also has a different start from the other three competition swimming styles. The swimming style is similar to an upside down front crawl or freestyle. Both backstroke and front crawl are long-axis strokes. In individual medley backstroke is the second

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category of swimming competition

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swimming style swimming style wherethe swimmer lies on their chest and moves their hands and legs alternately, similar to how most quadrupedal mammals swim

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thumb|right|alt=Cartoon of steps in one side stroke cycle The sidestroke is a swimming stroke, so named because the swimmer lies on one's side with asymmetric arm and leg motion. It is helpful as a lifesaving technique and is often used for long-distance swimming. The sidestroke allows the swimmer increased endurance because instead of working both arms and legs simultaneously in the same way, the side stroke uses them simultaneously but differently. A swimmer tired of exercising one side can turn over and use the other, the change of action helping the limbs to recover.

Suijutsu (水術) or suieijutsu (水泳術) is the Japanese martial art of combative swimming.The Literal translation of the term from Japanese is "water skills". It is sometimes called Nihon eiho.

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The trudgen is a swimming stroke sometimes known as the racing stroke, or the East Indian stroke. It is named after the English swimmer John Trudgen (1852–1902) and evolved out of sidestroke.