Crossword clues for sidestroke
Wiktionary
n. A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
WordNet
n. a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick
Wikipedia
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 endurance because, instead of working both arms and legs simultaneously in the same way, the side stroke uses them simultaneously but differently. A swimmer tired of exercising one side can turn over and use the other, the change of action helping the limbs to recover.
The hands act like oars, and do not waste any power by oblique action. In ordinary swimming on the right side the left arm moves gently in the water, almost at rest. Then, when the used arm when becoming tired, the swimmer turns on the other side, and the left arm works while the right arm rests.
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.