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Sidestroke
From Openwaterpedia
noun - The sidestroke is a swimming stroke, so named because the swimmer lies on one's side with asymmetric arm and leg motion and using a scissor kick.
Advantages
The sidestroke enables increased endurance for some individuals 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.
Some individuals find it difficult to swim breaststroke with the head above the water or other swimming strokes like freestyle, backstroke or butterfly.
Swimming Bear Lake Sidestroke
External links
- What Is Open Water Swimming?
- Swimming Styles Times Seven
- Learning How To Swim, From Aquaphobia To Aqua Crush
- Alick Wickham, Surfer And Swimmer
- A Theory Why Breaststroke And Freestyle Were Developed
- Swimming Navajo Lake
- One Big Challenge: Swimming Across Navajo Lake
- The Fat Passion Of Kelly Gneiting
- Why Breaststroke And Freestyle Were Developed
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- A Theory Why Breaststroke And Freestyle Were Developed
- Swimming And Surfing In Pre-20th Century
- Alick Wickham, Surfer And Swimmer
