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Abstract
Forty-one varsity swimming team candidates were tested using a battery of 52 swimming, cardiovascular, and energy metabolism measures, the latter being obtained during all-out static swimming. All of the measures were intercorrelated, and metabolic and swimming performance criteria were established. Multiple regression analyses were completed to select the most representative measures of each of the criteria from each of the testing areas. The better measures from each of the testing areas, as determined by the multiple regression analyses, were combined in further multiple regression analyses to determine the relative importance of the measures to 100-yd. and 440-yd. swimming performance.
The results show that energy metabolism tests are significantly related to 100-yd. and 440-yd. swim times but are reflected also in simpler tests of a practical nature which any teacher or coach can administer. The 100-yd. crawl swim was predicted to the extent indicated by the multiple R = .815 ± 4.99 secs. and the 440-yd. swim, R = .865 ± 38.45 secs. In the 100-yard swim, endurance is shown to be more important than the relative contribution of arm stroke and leg kick. The great importance relatively of the leg kick and gliding ability is shown.