 in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the

body through water by combined arm and leg

motions and the natural flotation of the body.
 as an exercise is popular as an all-around body
developer and is particularly useful in therapy and
as exercise for physically handicapped persons.
 It is also taught for lifesaving purposes.
- The front crawl is the fastest of
the competitive swimming
strokes.
Front crawl is the fastest and most efficient of
all swimming strokes for the following
reasons:

 There’s always one arm pulling underwater,

ideally positioned to deliver powerful propulsion.

 The arm recovery above water minimizes drag.

 The continuous flutter kick also provides its fair

share of propulsion.
- is the most popular swimming
stroke of all.
 Breaststroke is the slowest one of the
competitive swimming strokes.

 Breaststroke is often the first stroke

taught to beginners because you can
swim breaststroke while keeping your
head above water all the time.
- is the second fastest swimming stroke,
and is also quite exhausting to swim.
 The butterfly stroke is one of the
difficult strokes to learn. You need to
master the unusual movements of the
body undulation, as well as the
dolphin kick and the not-so-obvious
arm stroke.
- is the only one of the four competitive
strokes swum on the back.
 Backstroke is the third-fastest swimming
stroke, being faster than breaststroke but
slower than butterfly.

 Recreational and fitness swimmers should

consider doing a bit of backstroke during each
swim session, as it uses different muscles
than front crawl, contributing to a more
balanced musculature.
Medley is a combination of four different
swimming styles—butterfly, backstroke,
breaststroke, and freestyle—into one race. This
race is either swum by one swimmer as
individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a
medley relay.
1. Individual medley
consists of a single swimmer swimming
equal distances of four different strokes within one
race.

Stroke order
It consists of four strokes. The swimmer will
swim one quarter of the race in each style, in a
certain order. The strokes are swum in this order:
Butterfly – Backstroke – Breaststroke - Freestyle
2. Medley relay
consists of four different swimmers in one
relay race, each swimming one of the four strokes.

Stroke order
It is swum by four different swimmers, each
swimming one of the four strokes. The order of the
strokes is as follows:

Backstroke – Breaststroke – Butterfly - Freestyle

a lap in swimming is one length. In an
Olympic-size 50-meter pool, one lap is
50 meters.