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Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review
Researchers have quantified swimming races for several decades to provide objective information on race strategy and characteristics. The purpose of the present review was to summarize knowledge established in the literature and current issues in swimming race analysis. A systematic search of the li...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795652/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010069 |
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author | Gonjo, Tomohiro Olstad, Bjørn Harald |
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description | Researchers have quantified swimming races for several decades to provide objective information on race strategy and characteristics. The purpose of the present review was to summarize knowledge established in the literature and current issues in swimming race analysis. A systematic search of the literature for the current narrative review was conducted in September 2020 using Web of Science, SPORTDiscus (via EBSCO), and PubMed. After examining 321 studies, 22 articles were included in the current review. Most studies divided the race into the start, clean swimming, turn, and/or finish segments; however, the definition of each segment varied, especially for the turn. Ideal definitions for the start and turn-out seemed to differ depending on the stroke styles and swimmers’ level. Many studies have focused on either 100 m or 200 m events with the four strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle). Contrastingly, there were few or no studies for 50 m, long-distance, individual medley, and relay events. The number of studies examining races for short course, junior and Paralympic swimmers were also very limited. Future studies should focus on those with limited evidence as well as race analysis outside competitions in which detailed kinematic and physiological analyses are possible. |
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spelling | pubmed-77956522021-01-10 Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review Gonjo, Tomohiro Olstad, Bjørn Harald Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Researchers have quantified swimming races for several decades to provide objective information on race strategy and characteristics. The purpose of the present review was to summarize knowledge established in the literature and current issues in swimming race analysis. A systematic search of the literature for the current narrative review was conducted in September 2020 using Web of Science, SPORTDiscus (via EBSCO), and PubMed. After examining 321 studies, 22 articles were included in the current review. Most studies divided the race into the start, clean swimming, turn, and/or finish segments; however, the definition of each segment varied, especially for the turn. Ideal definitions for the start and turn-out seemed to differ depending on the stroke styles and swimmers’ level. Many studies have focused on either 100 m or 200 m events with the four strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle). Contrastingly, there were few or no studies for 50 m, long-distance, individual medley, and relay events. The number of studies examining races for short course, junior and Paralympic swimmers were also very limited. Future studies should focus on those with limited evidence as well as race analysis outside competitions in which detailed kinematic and physiological analyses are possible. MDPI 2020-12-24 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7795652/ /pubmed/33374118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010069 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Gonjo, Tomohiro Olstad, Bjørn Harald Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title | Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title_full | Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title_fullStr | Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title_short | Race Analysis in Competitive Swimming: A Narrative Review |
title_sort | race analysis in competitive swimming: a narrative review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795652/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010069 |
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