The other day when I read the thread of FREESTYLE STROKE I found many technique terms of swimming, like catch water, anchor your hand, etc. Or shall I say a lot of swimming physics or principles?
Could someone recommend some onlie free articles about this swimming physics? I am a new swimmer.
Thanks a lot.
There was a great article in the ASCA magazine about lift vs drag propulsion a few months ago(I wish I was organized enough to say which one.) The point I got from it was that human swimming motions were way too complicated to be modeled as drag or lift. They probably included both,but we lacked the studies to say for sure. The way free is being taught now seems to accentuate drag forces. Breaststroke seems to be even harder to quantify than free as the pull and kick have more of a circular component,though some coaches are emphasising that less and less.
There was a great article in the ASCA magazine about lift vs drag propulsion a few months ago(I wish I was organized enough to say which one.) The point I got from it was that human swimming motions were way too complicated to be modeled as drag or lift. They probably included both,but we lacked the studies to say for sure. The way free is being taught now seems to accentuate drag forces. Breaststroke seems to be even harder to quantify than free as the pull and kick have more of a circular component,though some coaches are emphasising that less and less.
