Freestyle is a complicated stroke because it’s the resting stroke that everybody seems to do differently. Some people look like they’re flailing with pizzaz, some people look so elegant that there is ...

Keep reading to learn more about each stroke and how they're swam, plus which muscles are worked. This powerful stroke requires a swimmer to move up out of the water and back down in a smooth, almost ...

There are 14 different freestyle races in the Olympics, more than any other stroke. Jim Bahn If you want to beat Michael Phelps in a race, you should probably just give up. Or, you can try to figure ...

Jeff Pearson, who coached Olympians Haley and Alyssa Anderson, breaks down the freestyle stroke. No weather data available ...

The October 2021 edition of Swimming World featured an image of rising star David Popovici on the cover. His teeth clenched, the Romanian teenager splashed water at the end of a race, clearly pleased ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American This summer's Olympic games in London feature ...