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backstroke
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backstroke
1. Swimming
a. a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm and flipper movements of the feet
b. (as modifier): the backstroke champion
2. Chiefly US a backhanded stroke
3. Bell-ringing the upward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings back and forth


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The course, which simulates a Marine Corps amphibious beach landing, introduces recruits to a mock combat environment, in which they apply individual movement techniques, such as the high crawl, low crawl, back crawl and individual rush.
Most of them still place a heavy emphasis on learning specific swimming strokes such as the front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke and even butterfly.
 
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