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The use of technology to improve swimming performance: skill focus
thesis
posted on 2014-10-31, 11:37 authored by Jodi CossorWhen working with elite swimmers, it is necessary to determine areas in which small changes can result in improved performances during the pinnacle events each year as a culmination of improvements within the daily training environment. The swimming skills of starts and turns comprise approximately 30% of the total race time in events with distances up to 100m (Thayer and Hay, 1984) indicating the importance of skills to overall race performances. Data from the 2011 World Championships is presented to highlight the percentage of race time spent in the start and turn phases for all events. [Continues.]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Publisher
Loughborough UniversityRights holder
© Jodi CossorPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2014Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
Supervisor(s)
Andy West ; Paul Conway; Sian SlawsonQualification name
- PhD
Qualification level
- Doctoral