What stroke is faster butterfly or freestyle?
eluvs, Here’s some boring tid bits…Did you know that humans are the only mammals that must learn how to swim. Do you know what stroke most humans are taught first? The crawl or freestyle. Why? It’s the fastest, most efficient, and most popular stroke, and the EASIEST TO LEARN. Fly is the most impressive in my opinion when mastered and done properly it is truely art. Even if you are a recreational swimmer, you could benefit from this advice. Swim speed, or velocity, is the product of Stroke Length (SL) and Stroke Frequency (SF). Increasing the SL (distance traveled per stroke) requires that you first learn to reduce resistance to forward progress. After perfecting a position of low resistance (where and how you “sit” in the water), you can then add power to your stroke. This power originates in the hips and is translated up through the torso to the shoulder. SF is not as important as SL. World class swimmers are not fast and efficient because they take frequent strokes. They are fast
