Breaststroke
noun
A swimming style where the swimmer is on their chest and moves like a frog.
He won the gold medal in the 200m breaststroke event.
Often appears as...
- win the breaststroke
- swim the breaststroke
noun
A swimming style where the swimmer is on their chest and moves like a frog.
He won the gold medal in the 200m breaststroke event.
Often appears as...
- win the breaststroke
- swim the breaststroke
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Pro Tip 1/3Movement Visualization
Imagine a frog's leg movements to understand breaststroke's technique more vividly.
The coach helped her perfect her breaststroke by studying frogs.
Pro Tip 2/3Chest Position
Breaststroke involves lying on the chest, unlike backstroke where you lie on your back.
In breaststroke, keeping your chest flat helps maintain proper form.
Pro Tip 3/3Competition Commonality
Breaststroke is a competitive swimming style often seen in the Olympics and other meets.
She's been training for the breaststroke competition at the nationals.
Compare with
freestyle
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These Sticky Traps Are...
they also found signs that sundews do not curl up when touched with a gentle breaststroke or by small stones suggesting they are able to distinguish between stimuli and even save their carnivorous energy solely for prey but with 25 percent of the world's
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Lewis Pugh's mind-shiftin...
and instead of swimming fast, swim as slowly as possible. Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke. And remember, never ever swim with aggression. This is the time to swim with real humility. And so we walked back up
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
Flashes of light in the corner of my mind, but I'm still going. I let go of the tail section of that board, the last energy that I have in me. I let go and I take one more double-arm breaststroke.
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These Sticky Traps Are...
they also found signs that sundews do not curl up when touched with a gentle breaststroke or by small stones suggesting they are able to distinguish between stimuli and even save their carnivorous energy solely for prey but with 25 percent of the world's
Video examples
Lewis Pugh's mind-shiftin...
and instead of swimming fast, swim as slowly as possible. Instead of swimming crawl, swim breaststroke. And remember, never ever swim with aggression. This is the time to swim with real humility. And so we walked back up
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
Flashes of light in the corner of my mind, but I'm still going. I let go of the tail section of that board, the last energy that I have in me. I let go and I take one more double-arm breaststroke.
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Adam Peaty
British Athlete
I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.
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Cameron van der Burgh
South African Athlete
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
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David Shields
American Author
Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane - but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.
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Judit Polgar
Hungarian Celebrity
There is no better training for chess than swimming. On a Friday evening I like to put in a good long session of breaststroke at the pool near where I live in Budapest with my husband, Gusztav, and my two children.
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Sophie Pascoe
New Zealander Athlete
I race six events. I specialise in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, and it's not impossible, but it is hard to be able to race every single race, and day after day as well.
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Colin Jost
American Comedian
When I was 10, I went to the Junior Olympics for the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.
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Eric Shanteau
American Athlete
I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.
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Adam Peaty
British Athlete
I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.
Quote examples
Cameron van der Burgh
South African Athlete
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
Quote examples
David Shields
American Author
Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane - but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.
Quote examples
Judit Polgar
Hungarian Celebrity
There is no better training for chess than swimming. On a Friday evening I like to put in a good long session of breaststroke at the pool near where I live in Budapest with my husband, Gusztav, and my two children.
Quote examples
Sophie Pascoe
New Zealander Athlete
I race six events. I specialise in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, and it's not impossible, but it is hard to be able to race every single race, and day after day as well.
Quote examples
Colin Jost
American Comedian
When I was 10, I went to the Junior Olympics for the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.
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Eric Shanteau
American Athlete
I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.
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