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Q: Why was freestyle called the crawl?
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Which exercise is better front crawl or breast stroke?

Front crawl, or also called freestyle.


What is crawl stroke in swimming?

Freestyle, basically. Crawl stroke was the REALLY old name for it.


What starting with f is another word for over arm stroke in swimming?

It is called freestyle. Others call it front crawl. Some people call it other things.


What are the names of all the swimming styles?

Swimming can be competitive or recreational (also: synchronized swimming) Competitive swimming is divided into four different strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breastroke, and butterfly. These can be combined in different lengths to create many swimming events.


What is a crawl stroke in swimming?

"Slow Crawl" refers to commonly know "free style stroke" at a slow speed. It is call that because the freestyle stroke resembles someone crawling.


What sort of animal is the Australian Crawl?

The Australian Crawl is not an animal.The Australian Crawl is the name used for the style of overarm Freestyle swimming developed in Australia in the early 1900s. This is now the freestyle stroke used around the world.Australian Crawl was also an Australian band from 1978 until 1986.


What sport do you do the crawl?

The Australian crawl was the original name for the swimming stroke now known as Freestyle. the stroke was developed in Australia.


What is the six basic strokes in swimming?

There are actually four basic strokes in swimming:the front crawl sometimes called freestyle or free, the backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.


What is the technical name for overarm swimming?

It is technically called freestyle. Some people call it the forward crawl. Other people may call it something else.


Know the basic forms of swimming?

freestyle/australian crawl butterfly breaststroke backstroke


What is the crawl stroke in swiming?

Some people call it the front crawl. Most people call it Freestyle. It is generally the fastest stroke which is swum on your stomach.


What swimming event can swimmers change strokes?

You change strokes in the IM, Individual Medley, but it's in a certain order. First you do Butterfly, Then Backstroke, then Breaststroke, and then freestyle. In the IM you have to do the crawl for freestyle but in a freestyle event you can do a different stroke for the whole event, but it's not advised unless you're much faster in another stroke then the crawl.