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“You Always Wanna Be Sore, Because Then You Are Seeing Results”: Exploring Positive Pain in Competitive Swimming

open access: yesSociology of Sport Journal, 2020
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on swimming interval performance in trained competitive swimmers

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Applied Physiology, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interpreting and Implementing the Long Term Athlete Development Model: English Swimming Coaches’ Views on the (Swimming) LTAD in Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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
core   +1 more source

2D:4D Ratio as a Predictor for Swimming Learning- A Pilot Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Biomechanical comparison of the track start and the modified one-handed track start in competitive swimming: an intervention study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
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
core   +1 more source

Effect of Different Types of Strength Training on Swimming Performance in Competitive Swimmers: A Systematic Review

open access: yesSports Medicine - Open, 2022
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effect of Competitive Swimming on Oral Health Status [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
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
core   +1 more source

Water depth influences the head depth of competitive racing starts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
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
core   +2 more sources

Racing start safety: head depth and head speed during competitive swim starts into a water depth of 2.29m [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
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
core   +2 more sources

Competitive Swim Start Safety

open access: yesInternational Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2014
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
openaire   +3 more sources

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