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Category

Water Sports

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the relationship between the swimming velocity (SV) and the kinematic characteristics of the foot in novice breaststroke swimmers. Six novice male swimmers participated in the study. Participants performed two prone 10 m breaststroke kick trials on a kickboard. The kicking movements were recorded with two synchronized underwater cameras, and a three-dimensional analysis of the right-side kicking motion was conducted. The results revealed that significant negative correlations were found between the SV during a single breaststroke kick cycle and both the longitudinal and lateral kick widths (r = -.943, P < 0.01; r = -.886, P < 0.05). Moreover, a significant correlation was observed between the internal rotation angle of ankle joint in the insweep phase and SV (r = .886, P < 0.05), These findings suggest that novice breaststroke swimmers should avoid an excessively wide lateral kick, and greater ankle internal rotation in the insweep phase to enhance their kicking performance. However, given the small and homogeneous sample in this study, caution is warranted when generalizing the findings.

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