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CNSL Stroke and Turn Official's Briefing
- Rules for Butterfly
- Rules for Backstroke
- Rules for Breaststroke
- Rules for Freestyle
- Rules for Individual Medlay
- Rules for Relays
Stroke Rules / Butterfly
- Start
- Forward - Facing the race course
- Stroke
- Shoulders must be at or past the vertical towards the breast
- One or more leg kicks but first arm pull must bring swimmer to the surface
- Head must surface by 15m mark and swimmer must remain on surface until turn
- From beginning of first arm pull, the body must be kept on the breast
- Both arms must move forward over the water and pulled back simultaneously
- Kick
- Up and down movements must be simultaneous
- Feet need not be on same level
- No alternate movements, scissors or breaststroke kicks
- Turn
- Body on breast, two hand, simultaneous touch at, above, or below surface
- Following touch, turn in any manner desired
- Shoulders must be at or past vertical towards breast when the swimmer leaves the wall
- Finish
- Body on breast, two hand, simultaneous touch at, above, or below surface
Stroke Rules / Backstroke
- Start
- In water facing starting end
- Hands on pool wall, gutter or starting grips
- No holding of ankles or use of backstroke starting block
- Feet, including toes, below the water surface (no skimmers)
- Stroke
- May not move feet to gutter or curl toes over after start
- Push off wall on back and remain there for duration of race
- Some part of body must break surface throughout except for start and following turns for up to 15m (head)
- Turn
- Some part of body must touch wall
- Sholders may turn past vertical if followed by continous signle arm or continous simulatneous double arm pull used to execute the turn
- Once off the back, any kicking or arm pull must be part of the continous turning action
- Must return to back by the time the swimmer leaves the wall
- Finish
- Must touch the wall on the back
- The body may be submerged at the touch
Stroke Rules / Breaststroke
- Start
- Stroke
- From the beginning of the first arm stroke, body on the breast
- Arms move simultaneously in same horizontal plane with no alternating movement
- Hands pushed forward from breast on, under, or over the water (elbows under except for final stroke before turn, during turn, and final stroke before finsh)
- Hands brought back on or under surface
- Hands cannot extend beyod hipline except for stroke at start and each turn
- Cycle is arm stroke and leg kick, in that order
- Part of head must break surface during each stroke cycle
- Exception is after start and after each turn when there may be one complete pull to legs and one leg kick while completely submerged
- Head must break surface before hands turn inward at widest part of the second stroke
- Kick
- Vertical and lateral movements are simultaneous
- Feet pointed outward during propulsive part of kick
- Feet may break surface but no scissors, flutter, or downward butterfly kicks</ul>
- Turn
- Two hand, simultaneous touch at, above, or below surface
- Head may be submerged provided it broke surface during last complete or incomplete stroke cycle preceding touch
- Following touch, turn in any manner desired
- Shoulders must be at or past vertical towards breast when the swimmer leaves the wall
- Finish
- Two hand, simultaneous touch at, above, or below surface
- Head may be submereged provided it broke surface during last complete to incomplete stroke cycle preceding touch
Stroke Rules / Freestyle
- Start
- Stroke
- Any style, except in medley relays or individual medley, where this means any stroke other than butterfly, breaststroke or backstroke
- Some part of body must break surface throughout except for start and following turns for up to 15m (head)
- Turn
- Must touch wall to complete length
- Finish
- Any part of the body must touch the wall
Stroke Rules / Individual Medley
- All four strokes swum in the following order:
- 1/4 butterfly
- 1/4 backstroke
- 1/4 breaststroke
- 1/4 freestyle
- Start
- Stroke
- Stroke for each quarter performed per relevant stroke rules
- Turn
- Intermediate
- Conform to turn rules for relevant stroke
- Change of Stroke / Transition
- Conform to finish rules for stroke being completed
- Fly to Back - Body on breast, two hand simultaneous touch, turn in any manner desired with shoulders at or past vertical towards back when the swimmer leaves wall
- Back to Breast - Touch while on back, turn in any manner desired, shoulders at or past vertical towards breast when the swimmer leaves the wall, take breaststroke form prior to first arm pull
- Breast to Free - Body on breast, two hand simultaneous touch, turn in any manner desired
- Finish
- Any part of the body must touch the wall
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