There are five major swimming strokes: The sport developed in the united. Nevertheless, the chances of suffering a stomach cramp while swimming are remote, regardless of when the swimmer last ate.
Muscle cramps are another matter, but even these are seldom. Swimming strokes provide the power to move a swimmer through the water. This structure is rigid but flexible, and it allows an efficient transfer of energy from the tail when swimming and an erect body posture when walking.
The earliest strokes to be used were the sidestroke and the breaststroke. Freestyle (or crawl), breaststroke, butterfly stroke, backstroke, and sidestroke. His four individual swimming gold medals tied a record set by american mark spitz at the 1972 munich olympics. Swimming, in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions.
Artistic swimming is a type of exhibition swimming in which the movements of one or more swimmers are synchronized with musical accompaniment. It is a competition stroke, but it is also used in recreational swimming as a rest from other strokes, frequently with minimal arm motion and only enough kick to maintain forward motion. The sidestroke was originally used with both arms.