Why is swimming underwater faster?

If you've got good technique, you're much faster underwater in a streamline position than you are on the surface of the water. read more

Underwater swimming is not faster, but streamlining is faster than performing the stroke. Basically the swimmers can’t take too much advantage of the dives or wall push-offs. They have to actually swim, too. read more

That means that the ability to swim via underwater streamlining and kicking is not faster than swimming crawl stroke at the surface. For other events, it appears that the underwater streamline kick is faster. The kicking underwater has advantages over surface swimming - 1) surface turbulence. read more

Fast and effective underwater swimming can make your swim more beneficial to your health and fitness goals. Swimming in a swimming pool will always require underwater swimming when pushing off the walls and during flip turns. read more