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Synchronized Swimming | Technical Routine and Free Routine
Synchronized Swimming has become a popular sport in the last 100 years; it is another sport that blends a unique combination of physical strength aerobic endurance, and artistic dance. These swimmers must perform complex physical maneuvers while making the whole thing look effortless and graceful. The depth of the synchronized swimming pool is three meters, too deep for any man or woman to balance herself on as she performs her technical routine and free routine. The swimmers must use the power of their own arms and legs to perform their routines; they must make their moves while looking like they are floating on the water. Synchronized swimming is a sport that combines swimming, dance, and gymnastics. The sport has been around since the early 1900's, but it was not until the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 that the sport was first demonstrated.
The Competition: Technical Routine and Free Routine. In the event, swimmers perform the routines for the judges: the technical routine and the free routine. The technical routine is performed first. The technical routine involves required elements executed in a defined order (six figures in solo, seventh in duet, eight in team). Synchronized swimming has three types of competition: solo, duet, team. The free routine gives swimmers the chance to perform their basic positions and figures in the order of their choice, with the moves timed to choreographed music. Other sports that have routines combined with choreography include competitive aerobics, and figure skating. Like diving, and the bmx freestyle, athletes receive points for skill at execution and for artistic impression. In this event, synchronized swimmers receive two marks, one for technical merit and one for artistic impression. The scores range from 0 to 10, with 10 as a perfect score. The marks are out of 10, in increments of 1/10 of a point. Swimmers combine various figures in the water to musical accompaniment in three events: solo, duet, and teams of eight. In the group events, the synchronization must be flawless, with the moved matching up perfectly to the score and between the swimmers.
Judges score these routines based on the difficulty of the positions and figures, synchrony between the swimmers, accuracy, and quality. The judges also score the swimmers on their artistic performance (creativity, interpretation, transitions, presentation).
Award Marks. In the technical routine, solo swimmers have two minutes, duets have 2:20 minutes, and teams have 2:50 minutes. The technical mark is worth 60% of the total, the artistic mark 40%.
In the free routine, solo swimmers have 3:30 minutes, duets have four minutes, and teams have five minutes. Swimmers are only allowed a maximum of 10 seconds of deck work (movements on the edge of the pool). The artistic mark is worth 60% of the total, and the technical mark 40%.
The final score is tallied by combining the marks from the technical routine and the free routine. The technical routine is worth 35% of the total, the free routine is worth 65%. Swimmers are penalized two points for performing moves out of order in the technical routine or if they grab the edge of the pool in either routine.
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