Talk:Front crawl

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I revised it to indicate that the British swam heads-up breaststroke; I hope that is what was meant (it was not entirely clear to me).

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Revised the "maximum speed" from 1.7 to 2 m/s: 50 seconds for 100m is not uncommon and equals 2 m/s.

Also revised the section on body movement. This is how the first two sentences stood:

"The body stays as flat in the water as possible to reduce drag. The body rolls sideways with both the hips and the shoulders with every arm stroke such that the shoulder of the recovering arm is higher than the shoulder of the pushing/pulling arm."

These two sentences contradict one another: either the body stays flat, or it rolls. In fact, it rolls, and this is not discouraged in modern coaching, for the reasons I've given.

Mswake 21:07, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The 50 seconds for 100m includes the start and turns, which are considerably faster than actual swimming. If you exclude the start and turns, you'll have a speed of about 1.7m per seconds 2.17 meter per second. I change the speed back to 1.7m , and clarify a bit. My source for the speeds is www.swim.ee. It also goes into more detail about the speed of the turns and starts. -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:33, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The stroke is most commonly called "The Australian Crawl" rather that just "Australian Crawl".