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types of strokes [3]click to hear

Four basic categories are recognized by the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA): the breaststroke, the butterfly, the backstroke and freestyle (the crawl).
types of strokes [3] butterfly stroke butterfly turn butterfly kick

butterfly stroke click to hear

Stroke on the stomach in which the two arms are thrust simultaneously toward the front and then brought backward.

butterfly turn click to hear

Movement for making a half turn; the swimmer touches the wall with both hands, pivots, then pushes from the wall with the feet.

butterfly kick click to hear

Vertical simultaneous movement of the legs that completes an undulation started by the upper body; the legs always stay together.