Measuring Kinematic Variables in Front Crawl Swimming Using Accelerometers: A Validation Study

What is it about?

The paper discusses the application of a multiple-accelerometers system developed for swimming. Validation of the system for coordination, lap time, stroke count etc.

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Why is it important?

Swimming, in particular, is a sport where more than half of the important elements of technique happen underwater often making coaching harder than it needs to be. Sometimes cameras are used, but can be subjective in their interpretation. Developing information rich systems that can generate informative profiles for coaches are needed in sport. This offers more objective data for the coaches to develop technique