Maths of Swimming Technique
Mathematical Modeling
Explore your own technique versus perfection - Explore the mathematical principles and create your own unique investigation.
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Introduction
Simplify the model and build up an exploration demonstrating understanding of how swimming technique affects your movement in water.
Guiding Questions
- Choose one part of a swimming stroke. Which lengths, angles or times can you measure from video of yourself?
- What does 'efficient' mean here — distance per stroke, speed per unit effort? Define a measure you can calculate.
- Compare your technique with an elite swimmer's using the same measure. Where is the biggest difference?
- Can you model how a small change (stroke rate, glide time) would change your lap time, then test it in the pool?