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Question 1

Rubber fins are used to
help kick faster and build
strength and technique, but
are illegal in a race.

Answer 1

Swim fins

Question 2

Swimmers use these
plastic devices to build
arm and shoulders
strength while refining
hand-pulling technique.

Answer 2

Hand paddles

Question 3

A kickboard is a foam
board that swimmers use to
support the weight of the
upper body while they
focus on kicking.

Answer 3

Kickboard

Question 4

Often used at the same time as hand
paddles, pull buoys support swimmer’s
legs (and prevent them from kicking)
while they focus on pulling.

Answer 4

Pull buoy

Question 5

is a combination of four different
swimming styles—butterfly, backstroke,
breaststroke, and freestyle—into one race. This
race is either swum by one swimmer as
individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a
medley relay.

Answer 5

MEDLEY SWIMMING

Question 6

consists of a single swimmer swimming
equal distances of four different strokes within one
race. Butterfly – Backstroke – Breaststroke - Freestyle

Answer 6

Individual medley

Question 7

consists of four different swimmers in one
relay race, each swimming one of the four strokes.
Backstroke – Breaststroke – Butterfly - Freestyle

Answer 7

Medley relay

Question 8

The front crawl is
the fastest of the
competitive
swimming
strokes.

Answer 8

FREESTYLE

Question 9

Is the only one of
the four
competitive
strokes swum on
the back.

Answer 9

Backstroke

Question 10

Is the most
popular
swimming
stroke of all.

Answer 10

Breaststroke

Question 11

Is the second
fastest swimming
stroke, and is also
quite exhausting to
swim.

Answer 11

Butterfly Stroke