What is the Butterfly team?
Team Butterfly was founded in 2012 to benefit those who are afflicted by Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). EB is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder, that affects 1 out of every 20,000 births in the United States (approximately 200 children a year are born with EB).
What is a butterfly in sport?
The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the “dolphin kick”).
What is the fastest swimming style?
Front Crawl/Freestyle
Front Crawl/Freestyle Front Crawl is also known as freestyle, as it is the most used stroke in freestyle events. This is because it is the fastest and most efficient of all the strokes.
What is the most difficult and exhausting swimming stroke?
the butterfly
The most difficult and exhausting stroke is the butterfly; second only to the crawl in speed, it is done in a prone position and employs the dolphin kick with a windmill-like movement of both arms in unison.
Which swimming stroke is fastest?
Front Crawl
Front Crawl is also known as freestyle, as it is the most used stroke in freestyle events. This is because it is the fastest and most efficient of all the strokes.
Which swimming stroke is the slowest?
Breaststroke
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.
Why is butterfly so hard?
The butterfly stroke is one of the most difficult swimming strokes because it requires precise technique in addition to good rhythm. The “fly” as it is affectionately called by swimmers, requires two dolphin kicks followed by simultaneous arm motion.
Which is the slowest swimming stroke?
Why does Michael Phelps breath every stroke?
The position of the hips being higher than the head is a necessary artifact of the butterfly stroke. They have to be high so they can counterbalance the raising of the shoulders and head to breathe, which Michael Phelps does every stroke.
Which is faster butterfly or backstroke?
Backstroke. The backstroke is unique because it’s the only stroke done on the back. It’s the third-fastest competitive swimming stroke – faster than the breaststroke but slower than the butterfly. Swimmers like this style because their breathing is not restricted.
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