Comparison of Starts and Turns between Individual and Relay Swimming Races

Xiao Qiu, Blanca De la Fuente, Alberto Lorenzo and Santiago Veiga
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Xiao Qiu: Health and Human Performance Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Blanca De la Fuente: High Performance Center of Sierra Nevada, 18196 Granada, Spain
Alberto Lorenzo: Sports Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Santiago Veiga: Health and Human Performance Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-10

Abstract: The present study investigated swimmers’ performances on the starting and turning segments between individual and relay races. A total number of 72 race performances of the same swimmers in both relay 4 × 100 m finals (freestyle, medley, and mixed freestyle) and individual 100 m finals or semi-finals (butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle) from the LEN European Swimming Championships were compared with repeated measures MANOVA. Swimmers performed 5–7% faster starts in the relay than in the corresponding individual events, despite no differences in the flight phase and a lower performance (shorter distances and slower velocities) on the underwater start section. The 15 m turn times were slower in the butterfly relay races although no specific differences in the underwater parameters were observed. These results suggest that specific training of the starting and turning segments should be performed under relay conditions to optimise pacing and performance in the underwater sections.

Keywords: competition; kinematics; underwater swimming; video analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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