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Factors governing success in competitive swimming: A brief review of related studies

In the time of Duke Kahanamoku's swimming (1905-1928) the training procedures for competitive swimming were rather indefinite and hardly deserved the connotation of "scientific training." There was little specialization up to 880 yards, as most good swimmers competed over the entire range, and usually in several events. Johnny Weismuller held almost all of the freestyle records, with Jamison Handy and Perry McGillivray holding the middle distance titles, and Bob Skelton holding the breaststroke titles. Girls were not yet accepted in hard training camps, and physiological analysis of swimming and training methods for competition were vague, in fact almost nonexistent.
© Copyright 1975 Swimming II: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Biomechanics in Swimming, Brussels, Belgium. Published by University Park Press. All rights reserved.

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Notationen:training science biological and medical sciences endurance sports
Published in:Swimming II: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Biomechanics in Swimming, Brussels, Belgium
Format: Compilation Article
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, London, Tokyo University Park Press 1975
Series:International Series on Sport Sciences, 2
Online Access:https://open-archive.sport-iat.de/bms/2_9-39_Cureton.pdf
Seiten:9-39
Level:advanced