Whats the difference between the breaststroke and the crawlstroke in swimming?

Breaststroke is much slower; you put both hands in front of you and then pull yourself forward by moving your arms back to your sides while doing a frog kick with your legs. With a front crawl you alternately throw each arm over your head and pull yourself forward by pulling your arm towards your body while doing a scissor kick with your legs.|||There's no such thing as 'crawlstroke', it's called Front Crawl and the difference is that in breast stroke both arms (in synch) form an inward keyhole shaped motion into the chest (breast; hence the name) and in front crawl one arm moves directly forward while the other treds water back. Legwise you kick both legs out the way in breaststroke and in front crawl your legs kick up and down at different times very quickly.





Two completely different strokes.|||The breaststroke is like a frog swim. The crawlstroke is more of the more traditional ways to swim. You're on your front and moving your arms forward like a windmill.|||breaststroke is slow but u can keep your energy by swimming in this way.


crawlstroke is the fastest way to swim.