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Crawl stroke

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1.(Swimming) A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.


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2005) Intracyclic velocity variations and arm coordination during exhaustive exercise in front crawl stroke.
Bring your right arm up and extend your body forward and twist to the side, as if swimming the crawl stroke.
Many well-coordinated adults can swim the crawl stroke faultlessly, holding his breath, but stop swimming the moment they have to take a breath.
 
 
 
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