flutter kick

A swimming kick used in crawl and backstroke in which the legs are extended straight back and alternately moved up and down with a slight bend in the knee on the upward movement.

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flutter kick

(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a type of kick used in certain swimming strokes, such as the crawl, in which the legs are held straight and alternately moved up and down rapidly in the water

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flut′ter kick`

a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid.

flutter kick

Legs move up and down alternately with a bend at the knees.

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Noun

flutter kick - a swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees

Australian crawl, front crawl, crawl - a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

backstroke - a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back

swimming kick - a movement of the legs in swimming

Translations

flutter kick

n → Wechselschlag m (beim Kraulen)

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You kick hard with a flutter kick, while you bring your arms over your head and into the water one at a time.

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Roy Saari, the first man to swim the 1500 meters under 17 minutes, introduced a new theory for the crawl stroke by using a trdujen (scissors) kick with a two-beat flutter kick.

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