Brief introduction of synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming is a kind of swimming events. It was originally an underwater performance between swimming competitions. Composed of swimming, skills, dance and music, it is called "underwater ballet". Synchronized swimming is an artistic and elegant sport. It also needs strength and skill, and it takes years of continuous training to master it. There are ten referees watching their every move. Athletes must do a lot of pushing, turning and bending, and these movements can't rely on the ground at the bottom of the pool. You should also stretch without breathing, and the routine action should last for five minutes during the performance.
Synchronized swimming technical movements
The routine technique requires strict actions. Although athletes can choose their own music accompaniment, they must make a set of action combinations according to regulations. The technical committee of water ballet redefines the designated movements every four years. An athlete must complete the routine in 10 seconds, the double combination in 20 seconds and the big group in 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
Free performance
Eight people and two people choose their own music and movements in free performances. Their goal is to create a set of creative and recognizable movements, and the combination also needs to include difficult movements. A set of such combinations should include changes in mood and speed, as well as innovative movements, complex combinations and combination changes, and spectacular movements. Free performance time: 4 minutes for couples and 5 minutes for eight people.
Water surface stay
In all movements, the athlete has 10 seconds to float on the water, if the athlete chooses. Although this action is not in the scoring range, it can leave a good impression on the referee and the audience.
Technical value
The technical value is to see what the athlete has accomplished when doing special movements. Including implementation, coordination and difficulty. Execution: Execution depends on swimming style, propulsion skills and forms. Athletes should do their movements easily in the water. The referee also depends on the endurance of the athletes. A top athlete should maintain a high-quality swimming style and make good use of propulsion techniques from the beginning to the end of the competition, and their patterns should be as simple and difficult as at the beginning.
Coordination: in this respect, the referee depends on the cooperation between athletes and teammates and the music. Members of a group of eight or two should coordinate their movements, positions and transposition. They should coordinate their actions on water and underwater.
Difficulty: When considering the difficulty, the referee looks at the skill and strength of the athletes. The referee also depends on the swimming method and the difficulty of the pattern in the water. Another consideration is the "adventure element"-athletes must demonstrate quite difficult skills in the competition.
artistic impression
Artistic impression refers to the overall feeling of action combination. The judges who judge the artistic perception observe the creativity and diversity of athletes' action combinations. They want to see the consistency of athletes' movements and whether the movements express the emotional changes expressed by music.
Basic rules of synchronized swimming
Qualification to participate in the competition
During the Olympic Games, each country or association can only participate in one team event and one double event, and each country can register up to 9 athletes.
The number of teams participating in the collective project is 8; There are 24 teams participating in the double event.
The top 3 and top 16 teams before the Olympic qualifiers will be eligible for the Olympic Games.
The host country will directly qualify for the Olympic Games.
Number of participants
In Olympic Games, World Championships, Intercontinental Games and competitions organized by FINA, each country or association can only participate in 1 singles, 1 doubles, 1 team events and 1 free combination events. There are prescribed movements, technical options and free options in the competition, and only technical options and free options are available in the Olympic Games. It is stipulated that there is no preliminary contest in the action competition, and only one competition is held. Technical choice, free choice and free combination. Teams with more than 12 will conduct the preliminaries, and the top 12 will be selected to participate in the finals. For team events, each team consists of 8 regular athletes and 2 substitute athletes, and the maximum number of applicants cannot exceed 10. In the free combination event competition, each team consists of 10 regular athletes and 2 substitute athletes, and the maximum number of applicants cannot exceed 12.
The order of the competition will be decided by drawing lots, and the drawing ceremony will be held in public 18 ~ 72 hours before the first part of the competition. Before the total score of the preliminary round 12 to participate in the final. The final appearance order is also decided by drawing lots. The total score of 1 ~ 6 players is 7 ~ 12, and the total score of 7 ~ 12 players is 1 ~ 6.
There must be at least 4 people in each team in the team event, and at most 8 people in the Olympic Games. For every reduction of 1 person, the total score will be deducted by 0.5 points.
Free choice and free combination competition have no strict restrictions on the selection, content and arrangement of music, while technical free choice competition has strict restrictions on the selection and order of content.
Competition requirements
In the single, double and collective technical optional competition, the competition must be completed in accordance with the prescribed actions, sequences and requirements. The time required for the single-player technical optional competition is 2 minutes, the time required for the double-player technical optional competition is 2 minutes and 20 seconds, and the time required for the collective technical optional competition is 2 minutes and 50 seconds, with a time error of 15 seconds. Those who have seen it will see: