Chen, ChenGao, JieBacic, BorisZhou, Shenghao2023-08-012023-08-012023-07-12Chen, Chen; Gao, Jie; Bačić, Boris; and Zhou, Shenghao (2023) "Is Lateral Entry Beneficial to Elite Swimmers? A Preliminary Study," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 41: Iss. 1, Article 20. Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol41/iss1/20http://hdl.handle.net/10292/16481The purpose of this study was to improve performance of elite swimmers during the starting phase, by analysing whether the lateral entry technique is beneficial to athletes' starting. Participants’ (N=12) motion data were obtained from a 3D Performance Analysis System (Kistler 9691A1) with three cameras. Extracted 14 parameters were analysed using paired samples t-test. Differences contributing to the lateral entry performance included decrease of both entry angle and maximum depth by 1° and 0.42 m respectively (p<.01), and increase of push force by 0.08 of body weight (p<.01). The preliminary results show that the lateral technique provides a 0.06 s reduction in time to reaching the first 5 m (p<.05) compared to ordinary entry, suggesting performance improvements at start times.The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification: Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series)Conference ContributionOpenAccess