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Infinik Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
swimmer kicks upwards
hi
I want to describe a swimmer's movement, particularly the legs' movement. Say the swimmer is swimming free style, is it appropriate to say that "when one leg kick upwards, the other kicks downwards" to describe the alternating motion of the legs? Does it sound odd?
Thanks in advance,
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I want to describe a swimmer's movement, particularly the legs' movement. Say the swimmer is swimming free style, is it appropriate to say that "when one leg kick upwards, the other kicks downwards" to describe the alternating motion of the legs? Does it sound odd?
Thanks in advance,
i
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It's called a scissor kick.
- It's called a scissor kick.
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Yes, but when explaining to someone who does not know how to swim:
"The legs make a scissor kick, in which the legs are held straight out, knees unbent, and swung back and forth in opposite directions (out of phase). (" cited from wikipedia under entry "sidestroke")
If "swung" is replaced by "kick", would it be OK?
"The legs make a scissor kick, in which the legs are held straight out, knees unbent, and swung back and forth in opposite directions (out of phase). (" cited from wikipedia under entry "sidestroke")
If "swung" is replaced by "kick", would it be OK?
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Why so complicted?
Keep your legs staight. Kick down with first one leg, and then the other; one will move up with the other moves down, alternating the whole time.
Keep your legs staight. Kick down with first one leg, and then the other; one will move up with the other moves down, alternating the whole time.
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