Qualitative Evaluation of Water Displacement in Simulated Analytical Breaststroke Movements

• Authors: Jonas Martens , Daniel Daly
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One purpose of evaluating a swimmer is to establish the individualized optimal technique. A swimmer's particular body structure and the resulting movement pattern will cause the surrounding water to react in differing ways. Consequently, an assessment method based on flow visualization was developed complimentary to movement analysis and body structure quantification. A fluorescent dye was used to make the water displaced by the body visible on video. To examine the hypothesis on the propulsive mechanisms applied in breaststroke swimming, we analyzed the movements of the surrounding water during 4 analytical breaststroke movements using the flow visualization technique.

Keywords

EN

swimming; flow visualization; breaststroke

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 32
• Pages: 53-63

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2012

online

30 - 5 - 2012

Contributors

author

Jonas Martens

• Department of Human Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitational Sciences, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

author

Daniel Daly

• Department of Human Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitational Sciences, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0023-7