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Competition age: does it matter for swimmers?

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective To establish reference data on required competition age regarding performance levels for both sexes, all swimming strokes, and race distances and to determine the effect of competition age on swimming performance in the context of other common ...
Dennis-Peter Born   +3 more
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The effect of anaerobic power on short distance swimming performance in prepubertal male swimmers

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Kinesiology, 2023
This relational model study aimed to assess the anaerobic power and short distance swimming performance in prepubertal male swimmers. A total of 20 male swimmers, age mean = 11.40±1.39 yrs, participated in this study.
Aydın Şentürk, Maya Budak
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Postlockdown Performance in French Swimming Championships

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2022
Purpose: To measure the proportion of French swimmers that progressed, stagnated, or regressed during the 2020 national championship compared with previous ones. Method: Individual best performances were collected at the French national championships from 2000 to 2020. Yearly proportions of swimmers who improved, stagnated, or regressed in performances
Miguens, Nathan   +4 more
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Comparing cross-sectional and longitudinal tracking to establish percentile data and assess performance progression in swimmers

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
To provide percentile curves for short-course swimming events, including 5 swimming strokes, 6 race distances, and both sexes, as well as to compare differences in race times between cross-sectional analysis and longitudinal tracking, a total of 31,645 ...
Dennis-Peter Born   +3 more
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Older or Wiser? Age and Experience Trends in 20 Years of Olympic and World Swimming Championships Open Water 10-km Races

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2021
The aims of the present research were to estimate the age of peak performance (APP) and to examine the role of previous experience at the world-level open water race performances. Finishing positions and age of swimmers (639 females and 738 males) in the
Luis Rodríguez-Adalia   +3 more
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The characteristics of the breaststroke pullout in elite swimming

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
Since the rule change permitting the inclusion of one dolphin kick during the underwater breaststroke pullout phase following a swim start or turn, there has been an emergence of several different pullout techniques adopted by elite swimmers.
Carla McCabe   +4 more
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Association between the Upper Quarter Dynamic Balance, Anthropometrics, Kinematics, and Swimming Speed

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023
Besides recurrently assessed water-based parameters, there are also some individual characteristics that affect swimming performance that are not water related.
Raul F. Bartolomeu   +4 more
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Modelling performance by continents in swimming

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
Introduction: There is a growing interest in the scientific community about the progression and congruity in the performance of talented participants who complete representing different nations in the most important international events. The prediction of incoming performances is nowadays in demand with the objective of returning in talent investment ...
I. Yustres Amores   +6 more
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Fish Upstream Passage through Gauging Stations: Experiences with Iberian Barbel in Flat-V Weirs

open access: yesFishes, 2021
The monitoring of river discharge is vital for the correct management of water resources. Flat-V gauging weirs are facilities used worldwide for measuring discharge.
Francisco Javier Sanz-Ronda   +5 more
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Modelling Swimming Hydrodynamics to Enhance Performance [PDF]

open access: yesThe Open Sports Sciences Journal, 2014
Swimming assessment is one of the most complex but outstanding and fascinating topics in biomechanics. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology is one of the different methods that have been applied in swimming research to observe and understand water movements around the human body and its application to improve ...
Marinho, D.A.   +3 more
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