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Imagine.....
A gymnast
performing underwater...
A 400-meter freestyle event in swimming with little opportunity to breathe...
The figures, leaps, and spins of a figure skater performed in an unstable
medium...
The water polo player's ability to emerge above the surface of the water with
power and strength with an added touch of elegance...
A dancer's artistic flair with choreography, musical expressions, and audience
contact...
Add grace
and fluidity and multiply by two, three or eight individuals synchronizing each
part of every movement and...
That is Synchronized Swimming!
Click here to see
a short video
by USA Synchro showing the fantastic, dynamic sport of Synchronized Swimming -
be sure to turn up the sound!
Synchro
is a sport requiring overall body strength and agility, grace and beauty,
split-second timing, musical interpretation, and dramatic flair. It is a unique
sport in which power, strength, and technical skill are displayed in an
artistically choreographed piece. The competitive rules and manner of judging of
synchronized swimming are similar to its counterparts, figure skating and
gymnastics.
Synchronized swimming is
an artistic sport, like ice skating. Sequined suits are meant to enhance the
performance. Makeup brings out the swimmer's features, and the smiles you might
see plastered on a swimmer's face are meant to deceive the audience into
believing that the performance is easy. Would you want to watch a routine if the
swimmers looked like they were in pain?
In a five
minute routine, synchronized swimmers might spend up to one minute at a
time under
water without air. At the same time, they are using their arms and legs
to suspend themselves above water. Doing this is similar to running
while holding your breath!
A
lift is done by raising the body of one or more swimmers up to or above
the surface of the water. Swimmers execute lifts with only their body
strength and are not allowed to touch the bottom of the pool.
Quoted from usasynchro.org
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