What are the descriptions of the 5 basic swimming strokes?

And the OP mentioned five strokes. Perhaps the "fifth" is individual medley (IM). An IM race is one where all four strokes are swum in succession.Maybe the 5th stroke is Open Water Swimming… Or it could be one of the Red Cross 6 strokes: Front Crawl (Freestyle), Back Crawl (Backstroke), Breaststroke, Butterfly, Elementary Backstroke and Sidestroke

And the OP mentioned five strokes. Perhaps the "fifth" is individual medley (IM). An IM race is one where all four strokes are swum in succession.Maybe the 5th stroke is Open Water Swimming… Or it could be one of the Red Cross 6 strokes: Front Crawl (Freestyle), Back Crawl (Backstroke), Breaststroke, Butterfly, Elementary Backstroke and Sidestroke