Current Research and Compilations in Sport Sciences, Belgin Gökyürek,Özge Baydar Arıcan,Didem Gülçin Kaya, Editör, EĞİTİM, İstanbul, ss.39-60, 2024
Swimming is a sport that enables a person to move through
the water with various movements of the hands, arms, feet, legs,
torso and head by using the buoyancy of the water (Adıyaman,
2006). Sportive swimming consists of the athlete completing
the specified distance in the shortest time by using any of
the four styles. These styles consist of freestyle, backstroke,
breaststroke and butterfly swimming styles (Hannula &
Thornton, 2001). Freestyle is the fastest swimming style
among the styles. Freestyle is followed by butterfly, backstroke
and breaststroke in terms of speed (Maglischo, 2003).