BASIC SWIMMING RULES The technical rules of swimming are designed to provide fair and equitable conditions for competition and to promote uniformity in the sport. Each swimming stroke has specific rules designed to ensure that no swimmer gets an unfair competitive advantage over another swimmer. The technical rules for each stroke may be found in
Swimming Technique Misconceptions: Arm Entry Many people believe that it is worth copying the technique of the fastest swimmers. In reality, even the fastest swimmers have technique limitations, but they offset them with strength and conditioning. The purpose of this series of articles is to address scientifically the technique misconceptions that have become “conventional wisdom,”
Officers were called to Bennetts Beach at Hawks Nest at 4:00pm after receiving reports of a swimmer struggling in the water. The search, which includes air and marine units, resumed at first light today. Police said the 20-year-old man was swimming with three friends in an unpatrolled area of the beach. He was last seen
