The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 698
d. When they are closed theknees must be opened again as atfirst. The arm and leg strokes must bemade at the same time, the feet be-ing drawn up as the hands are ad-vanced, the kick being made quicklyas the hands begin to strike out, andthe legs being closed when thehands have about half finished… … Fig. 4. the stroke, the lungs being emptywhen it is being made, and full whenthe swimmer is drawing in his limbsfor a new one. The reason for thisis that the body is lighter when thelungs are full of air, and there isgreatest need of their sustainingpower between strokes. Beginners are apt to place…
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