Swim Competitions
As a competitive swimmer or someone who is interested in becoming a competitive swimmer you know, there are different strokes as well as races during a meet. You also know that you will want to join in the best races for you. In other words your coach is going to help you decide which strokes you perform well and where you should compete to help you do well in the competition. There are six events that you can choose from in swim competitions. You have the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley, and relay race.
For the individual medley you are going to have the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and then freestyle to finish the race. Typically for the individual medley the forward start on a block is used, and you will begin with the butterfly, turn according to the rules and go to the backstroke. As you continue through the race you will need to execute the proper turns for the stroke you are currently doing and make sure you do not use a butterfly kick off the wall for more than 15 feet after each turn. This can be a race for any competitive swimmer, even if one stroke is not their best, since time can be made up with the other strokes.