The Effects of Leg Kick on the Swimming Speed and on Arm Stroke Efficiency in Front Crawl.

CONCLUSIONS: the relative contributions of the arm stroke and leg kick should be individually estimated to reduce errors when calculating arm stroke efficiency at different speeds and different swimmers.
PMID: 27736243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance - October 15, 2016 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Int J Sports Physiol Perform Source Type: research