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Swimming maneuver that usually keeps the head above water
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sidestroke
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n. A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
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n. a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick
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The sidestroke is a swimming stroke , so named because the swimmer lies on one's side with asymmetric arm and leg motion and it is helpful as a lifesaving technique and is often used for long-distance swimming . The sidestroke allows the swimmer increased ...
Usage examples of sidestroke.
We will be working on four strokes-breaststroke, sidestroke, backstroke, and freestyle.
I could do a passa6reestyle and sidestroke, the backstroke was easy, but I could not master the breaststroke.
I recovered just in time and turned underwater and came up to do the sidestroke back.
Ryan led the way toward it, moving in a slow sidestroke, kicking out strongly.
I make for it with a strong sidestroke, Lamorak trailing limply by my belt.
One day after Capers had washed Mike carefully and Jordan made him take a few awkward sidestroke laps around the boat for exercise Mike screamed as I was lifting him into the boat.
She moved slowly, doing a languid sidestroke for a while, then rolling face down and breast-stroking, later flipping over and paddling along on her back.
Greg began to move, a tortuously slow sidestroke, kicking hard with his feet.
Quinn started swimming for the shore with a powerful sidestroke, dragging the rope behind him.
Ryan slipped into a fluid sidestroke that moved him more easily across the treacherous swamp.