I remember reading somewhere (could be this forum) that when you go to a pool in the U.S., you see mostly front crawl/freestyle swimmers, whereas in the UK, breaststroke is more popular. It will be interesting to know what is the most popular stroke in each country. For example, what about Canada? I suppose the same as the U.S., being so close? Other countries?
I remember reading somewhere (could be this forum) that when you go to a pool in the U.S., you see mostly front crawl/freestyle swimmers, whereas in the UK, breaststroke is more popular. It will be interesting to know what is the most popular stroke in each country. For example, what about Canada? I suppose the same as the U.S., being so close? Other countries?
I was stationed in Germany in the 1980's and heads-up breaststroke was very common. Just about every village had a swimming pool (indoors, 25 meters, tiled very warm and very clean). In addition to a shower, you had to wash your feet (fussgangerbad - a little shower for your feet ) just before entering the pool deck.
It was pretty frustrating swimming laps until someone pointed me to a schwimmverien (swimming team).
I remember reading somewhere (could be this forum) that when you go to a pool in the U.S., you see mostly front crawl/freestyle swimmers, whereas in the UK, breaststroke is more popular. It will be interesting to know what is the most popular stroke in each country. For example, what about Canada? I suppose the same as the U.S., being so close? Other countries?
I was stationed in Germany in the 1980's and heads-up breaststroke was very common. Just about every village had a swimming pool (indoors, 25 meters, tiled very warm and very clean). In addition to a shower, you had to wash your feet (fussgangerbad - a little shower for your feet ) just before entering the pool deck.
It was pretty frustrating swimming laps until someone pointed me to a schwimmverien (swimming team).
