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2012 | 34 | 1 | 112-118

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The influence of different hand paddle size on 100-m front crawl kinematics

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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of different sizes of hand paddles on kinematicparameters during a 100 m freestyle swimming performance in elite swimmers. Nine elite swimmers (19.1 ± 1.9 years)completed three tests of 100 m without paddles, with small paddles (271.27 cm2) and with large paddles (332.67 cm2),respectively. One video camera was used to record the performance during the three trials. The mean swimmingvelocity, stroke rate and stroke length were measured in the central 10 meters of each 50 m length. The results showedthat stroke length tended to increase significantly when wearing hand paddles (p < 0.05) during both the first andsecond 50 m sections whereas the increase in swimming velocity occurred only in the second 50 m (p < 0.05).Conversely, the stroke rate showed a slight decreasing trend with increasing paddle size. During the 100 m freestyletrial the stroke kinematics were changed significantly as a result of the increase in propelling surface size when handpaddles were worn.

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34

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1

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112-118

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published
1 - 10 - 2012
online
23 - 10 - 2012

Contributors

  • Department of Sport, Coaching and Exercise Science. University of Lincoln.
  • Department of Physical Activity and Sports. University of Murcia.
  • Department of Physical Education. University of Murcia.
  • Department of Physical Education. University of Almería.

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