Freestyle Body Position
This position makes your body as narrow as possible and reduces drag.
What is streamline?
During freestyle breathing, ideally only this many goggles should come out of the water.
What is one?
This is the kick used in freestyle.
What is the flutter kick?
This is the type of kick used in breaststroke.
What is the frog kick?
Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
Gold
In freestyle, your head should be kept in line with this.
What is your body?
When breathing in freestyle, swimmers should rotate their head with this.
What is body roll?
During the freestyle pull, the elbow should be in this type of position when catching the water.
What is a high-elbow position?
This is the correct basic sequence for breaststroke.
What is pull → kick → glide?
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
When a swimmer lifts their head too high, these tend to drop.
What are the hips?
Your head should not be lifted too high when doing this.
What is breathing?
During freestyle arm entry, these should enter the water first.
What are the fingertips?
During the breaststroke glide, the head should be positioned between these.
What are the arms?
Which ocean is the largest?
Pacific Ocean
A freestyle swimmer's body should be relatively flat and streamlined to reduce this.
What is drag/resistance?
During freestyle breathing, swimmers should breathe in through this.
What is the mouth?
These should point backwards and slightly inwards during an efficient freestyle kick.
What are the toes?
During a breaststroke turn, both hands must touch the wall at the same time. What is this called?
What is a two-hand touch?
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
206
Name the four key areas of freestyle technique covered in class.
What are body position, breathing, pull and kick?
A swimmer is looking backwards and lifting their whole head out of the water to breathe. What are they doing incorrectly?
Their head position/rotation is incorrect.
Name three pieces of equipment that can be used to improve freestyle technique.
Pull buoy, hand paddles, kickboard
During the underwater phase after a breaststroke start or turn, only this many butterfly kicks are permitted.
What is one?
Which country has the most islands in the world?
Sweden