Swimming 101

a swimming stroke you can do on your back

• backstroke

• breastroke

• flutter kick

• dolphin

• butterfly

An easy stroke in which you move your legs like a frog

• backstroke

• breastroke

• flutter kick

• butterfly

• dolphin

A difficult stroke mostly used by competitive swimmers

• backstroke

• breastroke

• flutter kick

• butterfly

• dolphin

A rhythmic leg movement only used in the butterfly stroke

• backstroke

• breastroke

• flutter kick

• butterfly

• dolphin

The leg movement used in freestyle and backstroke

• backstroke

• breastroke

• flutter kick

• butterfly

• dolphin

A swimming event which swimmers are free to use any style

• freestyle

• medley

• lap

• Front Crawl/Australian crawl

The fastest swimming style used in freestyle

• freestyle

• medley

• lap

• Front Crawl/Australian crawl

A frog-like kicking movement used in breastroke

• freestyle

• medley

• lap

• Front Crawl/Australian crawl

• frog kick

The distance from one end of a swimming pool to the other

• freestyle

• medley

• lap

• Front Crawl/Australian crawl

• frog kick

A race that includes one or more laps in each of four swimming styles

• freestyle

• medley

• lap

• Front Crawl/Australian crawl

• frog kick