Freestyle swimming
The crawl swimming , also crawling , is a swimming technique. It belongs to the area of alternating swimming species . It is used as the fastest type of swimming in freestyle . Freestyle swimming is not a competitive discipline and, unlike competitive swimming, there are no technical guidelines from the DSV . A swimming technique that is at least similar to the crawl was probably used in ancient Egypt .
technology
The crawl is the fastest type of swimming because the alternating arm pull and the continuous kick of the legs generate a drive without interruption. The swimmer's face points to the bottom of the water. To breathe, the head is not lifted completely out of the water, as in the breaststroke , but turned sideways every two to five arm strokes. This keeps the body in the horizontal orientation.
During an arm cycle (i.e. two arm strokes), (fast) swimmers on the short distance usually do six leg kicks, while swimmers on the long distance (or swimmers who have learned according to the TI teaching method) usually only make two leg kicks.
The usual turn in crawl swimming is the roll turn , in which the swimmer - instead of hitting the edge of the pool with his hand - makes a roll and then pushes off with his legs.
Pedagogical aspects
The crawl is an easy-to-learn swimming technique for children because it is similar to swimming ("dog paddling"). In the USA, swimming lessons begin with this swimming technique, while in Germany, breaststroke swimming is mostly learned first. The DSV and the DLRG recommend the crawl swimming as a first swim.
See also
Web links
- Learning program crawl (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- Swimming in school
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swimming . planet know
- ↑ see p. 13 of the PDF file: Special Subject Theory Swimming (www.sportzentrum.uni-passau.de, accessed on March 25, 2016)