Articles of category "Judging synchronized swimming"

Swim choreography seems to be simple, but as a matter of fact, this sport requires endurance, strength, grace, flexibility, artistry and exceptional breath control. It is not an easy task to judge synchronized swimming. The entire performance is judged by artistic impression, swim choreography, and swim music interpretation.

It seems like the simplest event in the Olympic Games, but there is more to synchronized swimming than what emerges on the surface. As well as challenging power, stamina, plasticity, elegance and artistic abilities, it demands excellent breath control. Extraordinary, but very important, tools help the females keep the illusion of simplicity, no easy task taking into consideration they carry out arduous moves upside down and underwater while holding their breath. The ability to perform such twists and turns earn high marks in technical merit. A nose clip averts water from coming into the nose, letting the swimmers to stay underwater for a long time.