BREASTSTROKE
Long seaman's stroke On the side: long 1-armed seaman's stroke Sidestroke Morote-noshi Sidestroke of Palmer Zijdestreek Nage Deirhé 1-armed Sidestroke Double Sidestroke (4x) Sidestroke with wide scissor-kick On the side: stroke of Pekarény Sidestroke with an inverted scissor-kick Overarm Sidestroke Reversed Sidestroke Sidestroke of Marshall Semi-Long seaman's stroke Ryowa-noshi Frog-kick swimming Swimming-stroke of Boon Butterfly- / dolphin stroke  PS: Swimming-strokes which are shown in bold  are being discussed on this page.

 

	This swimming-stroke looks like the long seaman's stroke but with this stroke the body position is straight on the side. The arms are brought in front of the body under water where both arms make a half pull through. The combination of the arms and legs is semi-long all followed by a long gliding-phase. Click on the film to see an animation of this swimming-stroke (opened in a pop-up)...

 

	This Japanese swimming-stroke looks like the sidestroke where the body position is straight on the side with the arms stretched next to the body. The arms are pulled through under water simultaneous where the hands are kept close together. The legstroke is a noshi-kick and the combination of the arms and legs is short. A gliding-phase follows with two arms stretched next to the body. Morote-Noshi seen from above. The Japanese word Morote means in this respect with both hands. In other words, the hands are simultaneous pulled through. Noshi means kick. Click on the film to see an animation of this swimming-stroke (opened in a pop-up)...

 

	This swimming-stroke looks very much like the normal sidestroke with the following differences : The legs are not completely pulled in as with the normal sidestroke but only a little (a half pull-in as it were). After the pull-in the legs spread as with the normal sidestroke. Both arms make a half pull-through where the trailing arm is moved in front horizontally! A short glide-phase. Combination of the arms and legs is semi-long. The whole sidestroke according to Palmer seen of aside and from above.

 

	Looks like the sidestroke. However, both the trailing arm and the leading arm make a full pull-through.

 

	This swimming-stroke looks also like the sidestroke. However, both arms are kept still where the leading arm is kept still in front of the body. For the trailing arm there are two possibilities: or it is stretched along with the body or it is stretched in front of the body. Obviously stretched along with the body is the easiest way to swim. The legstroke is a closed scissor-kick, a frog-kick or the same motion when you are bicycling. Nage Deirhé according to Bogaerts

 

	Looks also like the sidestroke where the leading arm is kept stretched in front of the body and the trailing arm makes a full pull-through. The legstroke is a very derogatory (inverted)scissor-kick.

 

	Looks like the normal sidestroke. However, an extra legstroke is made when the trailing arm is brought in front of the body. The legstroke can be made on 4 different ways, depending on your choice : with two normal closed scissor-kicks, with two closed inverted scissor-kicks, first with an inverted scissor-kick followed by a scissor-kick and first with an inverted scissor-kick followed by a normal closed scissor-kick.

 

	Looks also like the sidestroke but the legstroke is a wide scissor-kick. The combination of the arms and legs is (semi)-long.

 

	Looks like the sidestroke where the body position is suspected to be rolling. Both arms make a full pull-through and the legstroke is an extra wide scissor-kick with almost fully stretched legs.

 

	Looks like the sidestroke. The leading arm is pulled through fully and the trailing arm makes a full (horizontal) pull-through with a stretched arm. The legstroke can be a wide or a closed scissor-kick. Last but not least the combination of the arm and legs is long.

 

	Looks like the sidestroke where the body position is straight on the side. The arms make a single overarmstroke where the trailing arm makes a full pull-through and the leading arm a half pull-through. The legstroke is a closed scissor-kick and finally the combination of the arms and legs is long.

 

	This swimming-stroke has the following properties : The leading arm is pulled through a bit further until they reach the hips. Therefore it looks almost as a full pull-through but it is not. The trailing arm is not moved further than the schoulderline. The legstroke can be a normal closed scissor-kick or a closed inverted scissor-kick.

 

	This swimming-stroke has the following properties : The leading arm makes a full pull-through. The legstroke does one strongly think of the noshi-kick. The combination of the arms and legs is almost long.