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The status of research on the biomechanics of swimming

The purposes of this chapter are (a) to evaluate the present status of research on the biomechanics of swimming and (b) to identify important questions for which answers are still needed. Also considerd is the time that a swimmer takes to complete an event-the ultimate measure of the swimmer's performance. This event time equals the sum of the times taken starting, stroking, and turning. Each of these times is discussed here in turn.
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Subjects: biomechanics swimming
Notations: endurance sports technical and natural sciences
Published in: Swimming Science V
Published: Champaign Human Kinetics Books 1988
Series: International Series of Sport Sciences, Volume 18
Pages: 3-14
Document types: congress proceedings
Language: English
Level: advanced