Kinematical Comparison of the 200 m Backstroke Turns between National and Regional Level Swimmers

Table 2. Comparisons between national and regional level swimmers for backstroke turn variables.

	National Level	Regional Level
15 Turn Time (s)	8.88 (.43)	9.84 (.36) ^***
Distance in (m)	3.18 (.48)	2.66 (.55) ^*
UW distance (m)	6.51 (2.57)	5.18 (1.17)
UW velocity (m·s^-1)	2.32 (.36)	2.02 (.11) ^*
Normalized UW velocity (m·s^-1)	1.55 (.51)	1.36 (.51) ^*
Stroking velocity (m·s^-1)	1.49 (.14)	1.34 (.14) ^***

UW: Underwater. Significant differences between levels: p < 0.05;p < 0.001