Isidora Trboljevac1, Stefan Mijalković1, Marko Đurović1, , ,
1Faculty of Sport and Physical education, University of Niš, Serbia
2
Differences in decreasing of swimming pace in elite swimmers in the 100 meter backstroke discipline
J. Anthr. Sport Phys. Educ. 2023, 7(4), 3-5 | DOI: 10.26773/jaspe.231001
Abstract
The aim of this research was to determine the differences in swimming pace between the finalists and semifinalists of the 2019 World Championships in the discipline of 100 m backstroke held in the South Korean city of Kwangju in 2019. The research was carried out on 16 swimmers (8 finalists and 8 semi-finalists), using 8 variables for evaluating swimming pace. Differences between groups were determined using the Student’s T-test of independent samples. No statistically significant differences in swimming pace were found between the finalists and semi-finalists of the World Championships, but there was a statistically significant difference in passing times in favor of the finalists. The finalists were faster in the first and second passing times than the semi-finalists, while their pace drop is numerically smaller compared to the semi-finalists, but not statistically significant.
Keywords
pace, backstroke, elite swimmers
View full article
(PDF – 83KB)
References
⦁ Abbiss, C.R., Laursen, P.B. (2008). Describing and understanding pacing strategies during athletic competition. Sports Med., 38(3), 239–252.
⦁ Chollet, D., Seifert, L.M. and Carter, M. (2008). Arm coordination in elite backstroke swimmers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 675-682.
⦁ Cornett, A. C., White, J. C., Wright, B. V., Wilmott, A. P., & Stager, J. M. (2011). Racing start safety: head depth and head speed during competitive backstroke starts. International journal of aquatic research and education, 5(4), art. 6.
⦁ Cuenca-Fernández, F., Boullosa, D., Ruiz-Navarro, J. J., Gay, A., Morales-Ortíz, E., López-Contreras, G., & Arellano, R. (2021). Lower fatigue and faster recovery of ultra-short race pace swimming training sessions. Research in Sports Medicine, 1-14.
⦁ Dias, M. F. (2022). Three-dimensional kinematics in backstroke swimming: reliability, isokinetic strength and asymmetries at sub-maximal and maximal paces (Doctoral dissertation, University of Edinburgh).
⦁ http://www.fina.org/event/18th-fina-world-championships/results-1
⦁ Kollarz, C., Knechtle, B., Rüst, C. A., Rosemann, T., & Lepers, R. (2013). Comparison of age of peak swimming speed in elite backstroke swimmers at national and international level. OA Sports Medicine, 1(2), 19.
⦁ Malacko, J. & Popović, D. (2001). Metodologija kineziološko antropoloških istraživanja. Leposavć: Fakultet za fizičku kilturu.
⦁ Marković, D. (2021). Plivanje. Niš
⦁ Okičić, T., Ahmetović, Z., Madić, D., Dopsaj, M., & Aleksandrović, M. (2007). Plivanje-praktikum. Niš: FSFV.
⦁ Schnitzler, C., Seifert, L. and Chollet, D. (2009) Variability of coordination parameters at 400-m front crawl swimming pace. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 8, 203-210.
⦁ Seifert, L. and Chollet, D. (2009). Modelling spatial-temporal and coordinative parameters in swimming. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12, 495-499.
⦁ Šiljeg, K., Leko, G., & Mikulić, P. (2011). Situational success in 100-m backstroke event at the 2004 and 2008 european swimming championships. Stroke, 3, 674.
⦁ Snijders, T., Verdijk, L.B., Van Loon, L.J.C. (2009). The impact of sarcopenia and exercise training on skeletal muscle satellite cells. Aging Res. Rev. 8, 328–338.
⦁ Unterweger, C. M., Knechtle, B., Nikolaidis, P. T., Rosemann, T., & Rüst, C. A. (2016). Increased participation and improved performance in age group backstroke master swimmers from 25-29 to 100-104 years at the FINA World Masters Championships from 1986 to 2014. Springerplus, 5, 645-645.
⦁ Vasic, A., Djurovic, M., Madic, D., & Okicic, T. (2021). Differences in Split Times between the Elite Breaststroke Swimmers. Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education, 5(2), 9-11.
⦁ Veiga, S., & Roig, A. (2017). Effect of the starting and turning performances on the subsequent swimming parameters of elite swimmers. Sports biomechanics, 16(1), 34-44.