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backstroke::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | swimming stroke |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | swim |
| Derivation | backstroker |
Examples of backstroke
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Scott was a district champion in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly last year.
From the chron.com
Beechwood's Krissie Brandenburg, left, finished 1st in the 100 meter backstroke.
From the kentucky.com
Cullinan also won the 100 backstroke in a close race with Kapaun's Ryan Maloney.
From the kansas.com
Alice Bridges won an Olympic bronze in the backstroke in 1936's Berlin Olympics.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sheryl Watkins, 45, also of Dynoswimmers was seventh in the 200-yard backstroke.
From the news-journalonline.com
Missy Franklin swims to gold in the 200-meter backstroke at the Aquatics Centre.
From the sfgate.com
In Montreal, Tonelli came eighth fastest in every round of the 100 m backstroke.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It likely will come down to the butterfly, backstroke or 200 individual medley.
From the omaha.com
Blott is a former state medalist in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke.
From the chron.com
- A swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
- Swim on one's back
- The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. ...
- Backstroke is the second LP released by Matthew Dear under his given name. The album was received fairly well by reviewers, but thought to have been released too quickly after his previous album, Leave Luck to Heaven.
- The backslash () is a typographical mark (glyph) used chiefly in computing. It was first introduced to computers in 1960 by Bob Bemer. Sometimes called a reverse solidus or a slosh, it is the mirror image of the common slash.
- One of the 4 competitive racing strokes, basically any style of swimming on your back. Backstroke is swum as the first stroke in the Medley Relay and second stroke in the IM
- The part of a bell's cycle of movements that is started by the ringer pulling on the tail end. See also handstroke.
- Stroke performed while on the back. The shoulders can not rotate past the vertical toward the breast except during a turn in which some part of the body must touch the wall before pushing off the wall. During the finish the swimmer must touch the wall while on their back.
- Where the swimmer remains on his/her back from the start or push off from the wall to the turn through to the completion of the race.
