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SWIMMING
(a) Not to allow any Competitor to go to the starting point
whose costume, in their opinion, is not strictly in accord-
ance with Law 58t.
(b) Report any Competitor for using objectionable language.
(c) Before accepting the office, they must be fully aware that
they are entirely responsible for the behaviour in the
dressing-room, must on no account leave their post, and
their names must be published on the programmes.
Breast Stroke Swimming
59• (a) Both hands must be pushed forward together and brought
back simultaneously.
(b) The feet should be drawn up together, the knees bent and
open, and the movement continued with a rounded and
outward sweep of the feet, bringing the legs together.
(c) The body must be kept perfectly on the breast and both
shoulders in line with the surface of the water.
(d) When touching at the turn or finish of a race, the touch
shall be made with both hands simultaneously.
N
OTE.—
Ruling of A.S.A. Committee, 23rd March,
1
935• " A
stroke that entails the arms leaving the water for the recovery move-
ment is contrary to this Law." Confirmed by the A.S.A. Council,
7th March, 1936.
Back Stroke Swimming
6o. (a) Competitors shall line up in the water facing the starting
end, with both hands resting on the end or rail of the bath
or course.
(b) At the word " Go," they shall push off and swim upon
their backs throughout the race, except at the moment of
turning and finishing.
(c) Any competitor leaving his normal position on the back
before his foremost hand has touched the end of the
course, for the purpose of turning and finishing, shall be
disqualified.
Plunging
61.
A plunge shall be a standing dive, made head first from an
indicated firm take-off
(i.e.,
" diving base "), free from spring.
The body shall be kept motionless—face downwards—and no pro-
gressive action to be imparted to it other than the impetus of the
dive.
(a) The plunge shall terminate (if the Competitor's face has
not already been raised above the surface of the water) at
the expiration of 6o seconds, or such less time as may have
been previously announced by the promoting body. The
duration of such plunge shall be reckoned from the time
the Competitor dives from the take-off.
t The A.S.A. Costume Law is reproduced in full on page 552. This Law will
be strictly enforced at all Army Championship Meetings. It is also to be enforced
at all other meetings at which audiences consisting of both sexes are admitted.