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What is the slowest swimming technique?
What is the slowest swimming technique?
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The breaststroke is the slowest of the four official swimming strokes in competitive swimming. It’s also considered the most difficult to master. The stroke is slow because it creates a lot of drag, especially during underwater recoveries. The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 5.6 feet per second.
The breaststroke is the slowest of the 4 Olympic strokes and the most popular of all. It is a highly technical stroke and is therefore difficult to master. The arms must move simultaneously in mirrored forward-then-outward-then-backward circles.
The stroke is slow because it creates a lot of drag, especially during underwater recoveries.
Common mistakes include pulling too far back on the pull, recovering too slowly, and recovering inefficiently.