Breast Stroke and Front Crawl

Question 1

A swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate.

Answer 1

Breast Stroke

Question 2

Most popular recreational style due to the swimmer’s head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and it can swim comfortable at slow speeds.

Answer 2

Breast Stroke

Question 3

The slowest competitive swimming stroke and the most commonly learned stroke.

Answer 3

Breast Stroke

Question 4

True or False:

Breast Stroke is often taught to beginner swimmers because it does requires putting your head underwater.

Answer 4

False

It does NOT require putting head underwater

Question 5

Arms and hands pull back in a circular motion, elbows tuck in and arms and hands stretch forward into a glide in this stroke

Answer 5

Breast stroke

Question 5

Basic movements in breast stroke

Answer 5

Pull, Breath, Kick, Glide

Question 5

True or False:

In competitive swimming, swimmers submerge their head and breathe at designated points in breast stroke

Answer 5

True

Question 5

In breast stroke, this occurs as the arms pull down and the head rises above the surface

Answer 5

Breathing IN

Question 5

In breast stroke, this occurs as the arms recover out in front

Answer 5

Breathing OUT

Question 5

This is likely the first swimming stroke you think of when you picture swimming

Answer 5

Front crawl/freestyle

Question 6

This is used by most swimmers in events as it is the fastes

Answer 6

Front crawl/freestyle

Question 7

This requires you to flutter kick your feet while reaching forward with alternating strokes

Answer 7

Front crawl/freestyle

Question 8

True or False:

Beginners may find front crawl/freestyle that it requires mastery of a considerable amount of coordination and timing.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What is the most difficult part in front crawling/freestyling?

Answer 9

The coordination required for breathing

Question 11

This is also of great importance, and having to do this improperly will make rhythmic breathing more difficult to learn

Answer 11

Body position

Question 11

True or False:

Freestyle is the most efficient because there is always one arm pulling underwater ideally positioned to deliver powerful populsion

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False:

In freestyle, the arm recovery above water maximizes drag

Answer 12

False

It MINIMIZES drag

Question 13

The continuous flutter kicking in freestyling contribute to what?

Answer 13

Stead porpulsion

Question 14

Basic movements in freestyle

Answer 14

Streamline, Flutter kicks, Arm pulling

Question 15

This swims in a horizontal position on the chest. The body rolls from side to side, always turning to the side of the arm that is currently pulling in the water and the head remains in a neutral position, face down, except when breathing.

Answer 15

Front crawl