Introduction
Swimming has been a fascinating sport that has been enjoyed for centuries. This report will focus on competitive swimming. Competitive swimming first became popular in England in the 1830's and slowly grew from there into the sport we know it as today. The first swimming club was The National Swimming Society, it opened the first artificial pool in 1837. The standard competitive swimming pool is 25 meters wide and 50 meters long. This video will help visualize what competitive swimming is.
In competitive swimming there are some rules restricting what the swimmer can do, unlike recreational swimming in which the swimmer is swimming purely for the fun of it.
Task
To educate the reader on three of the competitive swimming strokes.
Process
The breaststroke is the slowest of all the strokes, but is thought to be the oldest and one of the most powerful. This video takes the stroke and shows how it works step by step.
The butterfly stroke is one on of the fastest strokes and is widely used. This video shows it step by step.
The butterfly stroke looks a bit faster and more sustainable than the breaststroke.
Finally the tried and true front crawl is officially the fastest stroke. This stroke is also called the freestyle.
This stroke is usually the first stroke taught and most people have had some experience swimming it.
There are many other strokes you can learn but the breaststroke, butterfly stroke and the front crawl are the most widely used.