Sanders, Ross Howard Takagi, Hideki Vilas-Boas, J Paulo
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Sports biomechanics
In this paper ways in which performance in 100 m front crawl might be improved are explored. Researchers were identified as 'primary sources' to provide a rationale for how swimmers might improve their performance and to estimate the potential magnitude of improvement. The researchers selected as the primary sources were identified from an initial ...
de Jesus, Karla de Jesus, Kelly Fernandes, Ricardo J Vilas-Boas, João Paulo
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Sports biomechanics
Individual starts for ventral and dorsal swimming events have changed. After the introduction of back plate and wedge, some studies (mainly on ventral starts) have aimed to clarify their benefits and optimal application. This systematic review is aimed at a critical appraise of the literature on the main findings for back plate and wedge usage. We ...
Puel, Frédéric Morlier, Julien Pyne, David Hellard, Philippe
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Sports biomechanics
Based on a three-dimensional (3D) underwater analysis, the objective of the present study was to identify the biomechanical variables the most associated with turn times in 10 elite female swimmers. For each participant (95.7 ± 2.6% of the 200 m freestyle world record), the best-time turn (from 3 m in to 3 m out, 2.89 ± 0.08 s) was analysed from a ...
Andersen, Jordan Sinclair, Peter Fernandes, Ricardo J Vilas-Boas, João Paulo Sanders, Ross
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Sports biomechanics
The torso muscles play important roles in longitudinal rotation between the upper and lower torso on land but demands on these muscles at different swimming speeds and their role in torso twist in front crawl remains unclear. We aimed to compare torso muscle activity at different front crawl speeds and to assess the relationships between torso musc...
Barbosa, Tiago M Barbosa, Augusto Carvalho Simbaña Escobar, David Mullen, Gary John Cossor, Jodi M Hodierne, Ryan Arellano, Raúl Mason, Bruce R
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Sports biomechanics
Swimming analysts aid coaches and athletes in the decision-making by providing evidence-based recommendations. The aim of this narrative review was to report the best practices of swimming analysts that have been supporting high-performance athletes. It also aims to share how swimming analysts can translate applied research into practice. The role ...
Kawai, Eisuke Gonjo, Tomohiro Takagi, Hideki
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Sports biomechanics
This study aimed to clarify the kinematic and kinetic parameters that identify the technical differences in the eggbeater kick. Twelve water polo players performed the eggbeater kick, and its kinematics were recorded by a motion capture system. Pressure distributions around the feet were measured by sixteen pressure sensors attached to the dorsal a...
Takagi, Hideki Nakashima, Motomu Sengoku, Yasuo Tsunokawa, Takaaki Koga, Daiki Narita, Kenzo Kudo, Shigetada Sanders, Ross Gonjo, Tomohiro
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Sports biomechanics
The aim of this study was to review the literature on front crawl swimming biomechanics, focusing on propulsive and resistive forces at different swimming velocities. Recent studies show that the resistive force increases in proportion to the cube of the velocity, which implies that a proficient technique to miminise the resistive (and maximise the...
Chainok, Phornpot de Jesus, Karla Coelho, Leandro Ayala, Helon Vicente Hultmann de Castro Ribeiro, Mateus Gheorghe Fernandes, Ricardo J Vilas-Boas, João Paulo
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Sports biomechanics
The purpose of the present study was to identify the performance determinant factors predicting 15-m backstroke-to-breaststroke turning performance using and comparing linear and tree-based machine-learning models. The temporal, kinematic, kinetic and hydrodynamic variables were collected from 18 age-group swimmers (12.08 ± 0.17 yrs) using 23 Quali...
Seifert, Ludovic Carmigniani, Remi
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Sports biomechanics
Swimming performances are multifactorial and primarily include anthropometric, hydrodynamic, bioenergetic and biomechanical factors whose contributions depend on age, gender, swimming distance and swimming stroke. An integrative and multivariate approach to swimming captures the complexity and various pathways of performance, but swimming technique...
Stosic, Jelena Veiga, Santiago Trinidad, Alfonso Dopsaj, Milivoj Navarro, Enrique
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Sports biomechanics
The first complete upper and lower limbswimming cycle after the underwater segment of start and turns represents the breakout phase in competitive swimming. The aim of the present research was to examine the effect of the breakout movements on the stroking variables and coordinative patterns of competitive swimmers. Thirty-three national-level male...
