How does buoyancy influence front‐crawl performance? Exploring the assumptions

Abstract

A new theoretical framework for understanding the influence of buoyancy on swimming performance is proposed in this paper. During front‐crawl swimming, the hydrodynamic force acting on the hands generates the leg‐sinking moment around the center of mass, which is counteracted by the leg‐raising moment generated by the buoyant force.

Keywords:

• horizontal alignment
• fluid forces
• stability
• moment
• rotation

Notes

School of Life System Science and Technology, Chukyo University, 101 Tokodachi, Kaizu, Toyota 470–0393, Japan E‐mail: [email protected]‐u.ac.jp