Stop, right now, think of the last time you went swimming, think of how many times you've gone swimming, how high is that number? It's engraved into our lives, not only is it a fun way to relax, but swimming is a survival skill needed for many species to use in their lives. Swimming is part of nature, almost every living species has a natural instinct of how to swim right from birth, but humans don't, why do you think that is? Over the years, swimming from a competition stand-point has advanced and changed along with technology. My goal is to learn about: the regulations of competition swimming (rules and strokes), the technological advances that are pushing athletes to go beyond old records, and what is happening with swimming in your neighborhood. Now, have you ever noticed that countless records are being broken and broken again? Some have called into question the technological advances and if they are helping or hurting our sports. A few years ago FINA noticed records being broken in large amounts. They took it upon …show more content…
At every official USA swimming meet there must be a number of officials, including: timers, administrative official, turn & stroke judge, relay-start judge, chief judge, starter, and the referee (according to the USA swimming minimum standards guideline). There are many reasons to disqualify (DQ) in swimming events such as: going past the underwater limit, incorrect technique (kick, arms, a combination of kick and arms, etc), leaving the starting block early, etc. In some cases, swimmers will not be allowed to swim if the have unapproved swim wear, or equipment not allowed in races (fins, hand paddles, snorkels, kick boards, etc). The only stroke which does not allow multiple dolphin kicks underwater is breaststroke, the breaststroke uses an underwater pullout, in which the swimmer may only use one dolphin kick per