ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive · 2001 · 138 citations · 3 references
Sport EngineeringKinesiologyDanceHigh-performance SportSwim Turn PerformancesOlympic GamesSydney OlympicsHuman MovementSport ScienceTop 16Mixed-timed CircuitsHealth Sciences
The study analyzed top 16 finalists’ swim turns at the Sydney Olympics to identify characteristics of elite performance. The authors used overhead cameras to capture timing, distance, and velocity of push‑off and underwater phases, combined with race analysis data for in‑ and out‑phase times, and applied correlation statistics to relate total turn time to these variables. The underwater phase was the most critical component of a turn, with swimmers who maintained longer underwater distances during the out phase achieving faster turns than those with shorter underwater distances.
Swim turn performances of the top 16 finalists at the Sydney Olympics were analyzed to identify the better characteristics of elite performance. Overhead cameras were used to obtain timing, distance and velocity characteristics of the push off and underwater phases of turns. This information supplemented the race analysis data that provided the time for the in phase and out phase of turns. Correlation statistics, using total turn time as the primary criterion measure, were used to examine relationships. The most significant aspect of the turn was the underwater phase. Swimmers that had a longer underwater phase, during the out phase of the turn, in buttemy, backstroke and breaststroke events gained a greater advantage from quicker turns than swimmers w~thle sser underwater distances.
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Stroking techniques of elite swimmers
Yi‐Chung Pai, James G. Hay, Barry D. Wilson · Journal of Sports Sciences · 1984 · 97 citations