DEVELOPMENT OF FREESTYLE SWIMMING TRAINING AID FOR ATHLETES

• Main Author: D. Muliba, Helmi
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/66081
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Swimming is one of sport branch with highest obtained medals by individuals in one competition because swimming has many competition numbers that can produce medals, so far Indonesia has been less prominent in swimming even though swimming is one of sport branch that always contributes most medals in a single multi-sport event. Freestyle has the most events in swimming competitions, therefore by mastering the freestyle stroke an individual can participate in many numbers of freestyle competitions, therefore the chance of getting more medals is getting bigger to uphold the nation's dignity in the eyes of the international sports. To improve athlete performance, started from the training stage. Swimming training aids are essential tools to improve performance, so far training aids have been used to accommodate training in all strokes in swimming, even though each swimming strokes has a unique propulsion and is different from one another, as a result there are several important points that cannot be accommodated by a swimming tool in training at a certain strokes, an example in freestyle is the Kickboard which cannot accommodate the freestyle leg isolation exercise effectively because the exercise does not involve body roll even though the role of body roll especially hip rotation is important to increase kick strength, and kicking with Kickboard there is no beat involved even though in the freestyle leg movement there are several leg beats such as a six beat kick to increase body roll which can increase the reach and distance per arm stroke and keep the body streamlined to minimize drag, this exercise has never been accommodated by existing tools.