Side swim
Side swimming is a swimming technique in which the body lies sideways in the water. The arm pull is done in the lateral trunk position with the arm on top, pivoting horizontally like a boat strap . The legs also perform a horizontal scissor stroke.
According to Cassius Dio , Caesar was a good swimmer who mastered the side swim (Cassius Dio 42.10; Plutarch Caesar 37). GutsMuths also describes a form of side swimming in his work Small textbook on swimming art for self-teaching in 1798 . The Englishman JH Thayers swam 91.44 meters (100 yards ) in 1: 02.50 minutes in the side swim in 1895 .
In the US Navy unit SEALs is Combat sidestroke taught, in which the swimmer in the water is less noticeable.
See also
- Suijutsu (traditional swimming techniques used by the Japanese samurai )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rigobert W. Fortuin: The sport in Augustan Rome: philological and sport-historical investigations (with a collection, translation and commentary of the ancient testimonies to sport in Rome) . ( books.google.com )
- ↑ Stefan Schenk: Humanity and Sport. ( books.google.com )
- ↑ The development of swimming types. ( svl.ch ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ The combat sidestroke guide: The best new tool that describes common swim mistakes and tips to correct them . May 13, 2016; accessed on September 11, 2018
