Q&A Thread!!!

The most recent FIBA World Cup was held in Turkey, where Team USA took home the gold, while the tournament before that took place in Japan and saw Spain claim the championship

Jack Murphy5 said:Swimming styles—freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.

Freestyle is also called crawl, and butterfly can be called dolphin, just thought I'd add those extra points.😁

Freestyle isn't actually a stroke... In a freestyle race, you can technically use any technique you want, but you generally stick to one single stroke throughout the entire heat—whether that's backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, or front crawl... Obviously, everyone just uses crawl because it's the fastest way to move... So, "freestyle" isn't really a style itself; it's just the category that includes backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and crawl ☕

Scott Collins30 said:Freestyle isn't exactly the same thing as crawl... just saying.

Scott Collins30 said:So, yeah—it’s definitely not a style.

😕🤷

Robert Cox46 said:😕🤷

Alright, maybe it’s a bit confusing, but there’s no such thing as "freestyle" in terms of having zero rules. In a 100-meter freestyle race, for example, you can technically swim any stroke you want—breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, or crawl—as long as you stick to that one chosen stroke for the entire distance. You just can't switch mid-race. Of course, everyone picks crawl because it's the fastest...

here's a link if anyone's skeptical