Start and turn performances of elite male swimmers: benchmarks and underlying mechanisms

DP Born, J Kuger, M Polach, M Romann - Sports Biomechanics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The aim was to provide benchmarks and investigate contribution of start and turn
performances in the European Short-Course Swimming Championship. Over all race …

Comparison of starts and turns of national and regional level swimmers by individualized-distance measurements

S Veiga, A Cala, P G. Frutos, E Navarro - Sports Biomechanics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to compare the race characteristics of the start and turn segments
of national and regional level swimmers. In the study, 100 and 200-m events were analysed …

Key performance indicators and reference values for turn performance in elite youth, junior and adult swimmers

DP Born, D Burkhardt, M Buck, L Schwab… - Sports …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to determine kinematic and kinetic key performance indicators (KPI) of
swimming turn performance using principal component analysis (PCA) and multiple linear …

Backstroke to breaststroke turning performance in age-group swimmers: Hydrodynamic characteristics and pull-out strategy

P Chainok, L Machado, K de Jesus… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
We compared the hydrodynamic characteristics and pull-out strategies of four backstroke-to-
breaststroke turning techniques in young swimmers. Eighteen 11 and 12-year-old swimmers …

Analysis of the lateral push-off in the freestyle flip turn

L Araujo, S Pereira, R Gatti, E Freitas… - Journal of sports …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to examine the contact phase during the lateral push-off in the turn
of front crawl swimming to determine which biomechanical variables (maximum normalized …

Swimming turn performance: the distinguishing factor in 1500 m world championship freestyle races?

M Polach, D Thiel, J Kreník, DP Born - BMC Research Notes, 2021 - Springer
Objective Turn sections represent the second largest part of total race time in 1500 m
freestyle races and may substantially affect race results. Therefore, the aim of the study was …

Kinematic, kinetic and EMG analysis of four front crawl flip turn techniques

SM Pereira, C Ruschel, M Hubert… - Journal of Sports …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to analyse the kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic characteristics of
four front crawl flip turn technique variants. The variants distinguished from each other by …

Kinetic analysis of swimming flip-turn push-off techniques

W Weimar, A Sumner, B Romer, J Fox, J Rehm… - Sports, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aims of the present study were to examine the influences of different push-off
techniques on kinetic and kinematic parameters both in and out of the water. The two …

Analysis of the fastest backstroke age group swimmers competing in the World Masters Championships 1986–2024

M Fariod, A Seffrin, MS Andrade, M Wilhelm, K Weiss… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Backstroke has been thoroughly investigated in the context of sports science. However, we
have no knowledge about the nationalities of the fastest age group backstroke swimmers …

Dynamic signature for tumble turn performance in swimming

S Slawson, P Conway, L Justham, T Le Sage… - Procedia engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
The primary aim of work presented within this paper was to establish characteristics seen in
acceleration which pertained to phases of the tumble turn. To achieve this, a subject …