Biomechanics of Swimming

Abstract

In competitive swimming, world-level performances require years of hard training. Training that isdevoted to improvement of determinants of performance like technique and coordination, strengthand aerobic capacity. It may be argued that training-time will be especially efficient when devotedto the enhancement of those performance factors that are weak links in the performance chain. Thatis, they represent the phase of the process where the performance system first becomes insufficient.These are known as limiting or determining factors, because they are the first to reduce, and hencedetermine, performance (