Stroke Advantage and Disadvantage PDF

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Freestyle Advantage The advantage of front crawl is that it’s the fastest and also most efficient swimming stroke. Because of this, front crawl is used nearly exclusively in freestyle swimming races. Also, distance swimmers nearly always use front crawl as it allows to cover long distances while wasting the least amount of energy. Disadvantage One of the difficulties of freestyle is that the face is in the water most of the time, and to breathe you need to turn your head sideways at the right time of the arm recovery. This makes freestyle one of the more difficult swimming strokes to learn. Breast Stroke Advantage One of the advantages of the breast stroke is that at fundamental level, the head can always stay above water. This gives excellent visibility while swimming and voids breathing issues.

Both arms and both legs execute the same motion synchronously, which makes this swimming stroke one of the easier ones to learn Disadvantage The disadvantage of the breaststroke is that it’s slower and less efficient than the other strokes.

Back Stroke Advantage Advantage of the backstroke is that as it is swum on the back, breathing issues are avoided once the swimmer has good balance. Disadvantage Backstroke is a slower swimming stroke than front crawl or butterfly.

For novice swimmers, it can be challenging to find balance on the back and then breathing becomes an issue as the nose is up and water can easily enter the nose. It can be uncomfortable for beginners to not being able to see in which direction they are swimming.

Butterfly Stroke Advantage The advantage of the butterfly is that it is also very fast, faster than breaststroke and backstroke but slower than front crawl. It is also a stroke that is a lot of fun because of its unique dolphin-like body undulation. Disadvantage The butterfly stroke is quickly tiring as it requires a lot of strength. It is also challenging to learn as it requires both an excellent wave-like body undulation and perfect timing for the arm recovery to occur....