There are only 4 'real' strokes
-freestyle
-backstroke
-butterfly
-breaststroke
These are the only 4 swam at the Olympics.
There are also stroke called 'survival stokes'. These include:
-survival backstroke
-survival breaststroke
-side stroke
These strokes are usually swam in open waters, like rivers, dams, and ocean.
But they aren't really stokes, just actions to keep your head above the water.
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The main strokes for competitive swimming are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and the butterfly.
The medley is swum with four sifferent strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and finally, freestyle.
There are 4 different strokes, these are backcrawl, breaststroke, butterfly and frontcrawl.
2, forehand and backhand. There are other shots though too like volleys, serves, overhead, and dropshots.