Swimming strokes

Breaststroke :

The breaststroke was the first stroke used in competitive and recreational swimming.It is also the stroke that most people learn when they first take up swimming.The first reference to the breaststroke was in a French book in 1696.The sidestroke,with a scissor leg action, developed from breaststroke. Top swimmers can swim the breaststroke at 1.37 m (4.5 ft) a second.