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Stroke rate
From Openwaterpedia
Noun - Stroke rate or SR is the number strokes/second while swimming freestyle or other swimming strokes. Counting the strokes is part of marathon swimming, channel swimming, winter swimming, and ice swimming as the cold water can cause muscle stiffness and the stroke rate can drop, a signal to seconds and spotters that the swimmer may experience hypothermia.
Example from About.com[edit]
Swimmer completes the 100m freestyle in 1:00, using 54 stroke cycles.
DPS = distance/# cycles used for that distance = 100/54 = 1.85 meters/cycle SR = # cycles/time = 54/1:00 = .9 cycles/second Seconds/Stroke = time/# cycles = 1:00/54 = 1.11 seconds/cycle
External links[edit]
- Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World
- Swimming Helped Me Survive, KAATSU Enabled Me To Thrive
- Distance Per Stroke, Stroke Rate by About.com
- The 1-2-3s Of Open Water Swimming
- The Words Of The Winter and Ice Swimming Community
- International Winter Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Swimming Helped Me Survive And Thrive
- World Open Water Swimming Association
