Turn Fast and Win: The Importance of Acyclic Phases in Top-Elite Female Swimmers.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of start and turn performances on race times in top-elite female swimmers and provide benchmarks for all performance levels, all swimming strokes, and all race distances of the European Short-Course Championships (EC). The individual races ( = 798) of all female competitors (age: 20.6 ± 3.

Start and turn performances of elite male swimmers: benchmarks and underlying mechanisms.

The aim was to provide benchmarks and investigate contribution of start and turn performances in the European Short-Course Swimming Championship. Over all race distances, 932 individual races of male competitors were video captured and the start and turn performances were analysed. Start and turn performances contributed up to 26% and 56% of the total race time.