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The effect of swimsuit resistance on freestyle swimming race time. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
It is known that swimming equipment (suit, cap and goggles) can affect the total resistance of a swimmer, and therefore impact the resulting swimming speed and race time.
Forrester, A.I.J.   +4 more
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Menstrual status and perceived coaching strategy and training methodology in high-performance female swimmers from Slovenia - Preliminary study

open access: yesExercise and Quality of Life, 2022
Female swimmers participate in intensive swimming training during their menstrual periods, and they may appreciate additional understanding and flexibility regarding their training volume/intensity.
Boštjan Jakše, Dorica Šajber
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Visual Speed Swimming Control in Swimmers’ Threshold Training

open access: yesCentral European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine, 2018
Controlling swimming speed is an important factor as far as accomplishing swimming training tasks is concerned. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of visual information about control of swimming speed in threshold training for swimmers.
Stefan Szczepan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Elite Swimming with Advanced Age Are Less Than Marathon Running [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The sex difference in marathon performance increases with finishing place and age of the runner but whether this occurs among swimmers is unknown. The purpose was to compare sex differences in swimming velocity across world record place (1st–10th), age ...
Hunter, Sandra K.   +3 more
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TO SINK OR SWIM? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Biology, 2008
There was an error published in J. Exp. Biol . 211(19) , [iv][1]. In this Outside JEB article, the first author of the following reference was incorrectly referred to as Yoshi Watanabe: Watanabe, Y., Wei, Q., Yang, D., Chen, X., Du, H., Yang, J., Sato, K., Naito, Y. and Miyazaki, N. (2008).
openaire   +2 more sources

How Mixed Relay Teams in Swimming Should Be Organized for International Championship Success

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The primary goal of the present research was to determine the order of swimmers on a mixed relay team that would ensure the best performance in the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) World Championships held in Kazan (Russia, 2015), Budapest ...
Santiago Veiga   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Data Analysis in Sport Science: Example of Swimmers’ Progression Curves Clustering

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2018
Many data collected in sport science come from time dependent phenomenon. This article focuses on Functional Data Analysis (FDA), which study longitudinal data by modelling them as continuous functions.
Arthur Leroy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Development of European Swimmers Across the Olympic Cycle

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
The aims of the study were to (1) quantify the performance development of race times and key performance indicators of European swimmers across the last Olympic cycle (from 2016 to 2021) and (2) provide reference values for long-course swimming pool ...
Dennis-Peter Born   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physiological Key Determinants of Elite Open-Water Swimmers

open access: yesPhysiologia
This study describes the relationships between different physiological measurements and combinations of critical velocity and performance in elite open-water swimmers. A total of 15 international male open-water swimmers performed a 5 × 200 m front crawl
Robin Pla   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

To swim or not to swim: an interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
How an animal’s behavioural (ethological) needs can be met is a pivotal issue in the assessment of welfare for captive animals. The value of swimming water for farmed mink is an example how scientific and societal questions relating to animal welfare can
Belke   +124 more
core   +2 more sources

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