ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2025
Distinctive Regulation Profiles of Stroke Mechanics Underlie Pacing and Discriminate 400 m Front-Crawl Performance.
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This study aims to identify the stroke mechanics regulations that underlie pacing optimization and differentiate final performance in the 400 m front-crawl across different performance levels. 157 all-out 400 m trials from trained to elite swimmers equipped with a sacrum worn IMU were analyzed. Hierarchical generalized additive models were fitted to describe (1) the technical predictors of final performance, through the interrelationships between averaged kinematics (i.e., stroke rate (SR), stroke length (SL), jerk cost (JC)) and mean speed, and (2), the profiles of pacing and associated stroke mechanics regulations leading to performance. These models depict both the common patterns shared by all swimmers and the specific group deviations by performance level (G1 -slowest- to G4 -fastest-) from population trends. All swimmers shared a reverse-J-shaped pacing (p < 0.001). The fastest swimmers reduce pacing variability with a relatively slower start, a minimized drop in speed in the middle of the race, and a greater end-spurt than the population trend (p < 0.05). Their stroke mechanics are effectively adapted to the requirements of such specific race sections, both through a U-shaped JC with higher magnitude (p < 0.001) and a continuous adaptation of the SR (p < 0.01) and SL (p < 0.01) combination. A high average SL (i.e., at least 1.50 m.stroke
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