https://socialsporthub.com/journal/topics/swimming Stories on swimming from SocialSportHub Journal. en https://socialsporthub.com/journal/a-pool-may-be-too-long-but-never-too-short https://socialsporthub.com/journal/a-pool-may-be-too-long-but-never-too-short World Aquatics gives the 50-metre pool a tolerance of plus ten millimetres and minus nothing — and requires that length to hold from 300 millimetres above the water to 800 below it. The asymmetry is the same one athletics applies to a wind reading. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://socialsporthub.com/journal/three-swimming-strokes-are-defined-by-prohibition https://socialsporthub.com/journal/three-swimming-strokes-are-defined-by-prohibition Freestyle means any style. Backstroke is bounded by an angle, breaststroke by an order of movements, and all four by the same fifteen metres. Read together, the rules describe a sport that regulates the surface of the water more than the swimmer. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://socialsporthub.com/journal/what-a-swimmer-may-not-wear https://socialsporthub.com/journal/what-a-swimmer-may-not-wear Article 14 forbids anything that may aid speed, buoyancy or endurance — a test of effect rather than of shape — then permits a data recorder that must not transmit, and tape on up to two fingers or toes. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://socialsporthub.com/journal/what-a-swimming-pool-is-engineered-to-do https://socialsporthub.com/journal/what-a-swimming-pool-is-engineered-to-do A competition pool has one hydraulic job: to take back the energy eight swimmers pour into it and not give any of it back. Depth, lane ropes, lane width and the gutter are four different exits for the same waves. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT