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Pain has long been associated with sports participation, being analyzed variously as a physical phenomenon, as well as a sociocultural construct in sport sociological literature.
Gareth McNarry +2 more
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The use of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO_3) supplementation to improve repeated high-intensity performance is recommended; however, most swimming performance studies examine time trial efforts rather than repeated swims with interspersed recovery that are ...
L. Gough, J. Newbury, M. Price
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Interpreting and Implementing the Long Term Athlete Development Model: English Swimming Coaches’ Views on the (Swimming) LTAD in Practice [PDF]
The LTAD (Long Term Athlete Development) model has come to represent a sports-wide set of principles that significantly influences national sports policy in England.
Lang, M, Light, R
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2D:4D Ratio as a Predictor for Swimming Learning- A Pilot Study [PDF]
Introduction: Competitive swimming is one of the popular sports, where physical conditioning and skill have a large contribution in achieving high-level performances.
Kavita Verma +7 more
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Biomechanical comparison of the track start and the modified one-handed track start in competitive swimming: an intervention study [PDF]
This study compared the conventional track and a new one-handed track start in elite age group swimmers to determine if the new technique had biomechanical implications on dive performance.
Galbraith, H +4 more
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Background Strength training is widely used in swimming for improvement in performance. There are several ways to embark on strength training, which to different degrees follows the principle of specificity.
Line Fone, R. van den Tillaar
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The Effect of Competitive Swimming on Oral Health Status [PDF]
Objectives/Aims: Competitive athletes are often considered to be susceptible to bodily injury. It is now being realized that competitive swimmers are also at risk, specifically in the unsuspected realm of the oral cavity.
Apsley, Laura, Walter, Alexandra
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Water depth influences the head depth of competitive racing starts [PDF]
Recent research suggests that swimmers perform deeper starts in deeper water (Blitvich, McElroy, Blanksby, Clothier, & Pearson, 2000; Cornett, White, Wright, Willmott, & Stager, 2011).
Cornett, Andrew C. +4 more
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Racing start safety: head depth and head speed during competitive swim starts into a water depth of 2.29m [PDF]
The head depths and head speeds of swimmers attained following the execution of racing starts during competition have not been well described. To address this, 211 competitive starts were filmed into a starting depth of 2.29 m with a block height of 0.76
Cornett, Andrew C. +4 more
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It could be argued that the only component of competitive swimming that is associated with any appreciable risk to the swimmer is the execution of the racing start from a starting block into shallow water. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collected and considered input as a means to formulate guidelines for minimum water ...
Wright, Brian V. +3 more
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