As explained in Part 1 of this series (SW May 2021), stroke rate and stroke length typically vary inversely. When a swimmer increases stroke rate, he/she usually decreases stroke length. When a ...
As shown in a previous “Swimming Technique Concepts” article (SW June 2021), when swimming velocity increases, the time of all four stroke cycle phases decreases. Conversely, swimmers decrease the ...
Over the past two years or so, we've covered many things in the How It Works series, especially when it comes to the engine. Due to the success of this series, we thought we'd condense some of the ...