Breaststroke Rules

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Keep your body on the breast throughout the race, except when turning after touching the wall.
Your stroke cycle should be one arm stroke followed by one leg kick.
Your arm movements should be simultaneous without alternating movement.
Push your hands forward together from the breast on, under, or over the water.
Your elbows must be underwater, except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn, and for the final stroke at the finish.
Bring your hands back on or under the surface of the water and not beyond the hip line except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.
Some parts of your head must break the surface of the water during each complete cycle.
After the start and after each turn, you may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs. The head must break the surface of the water before the hands turn inward at the widest part of the second stroke.

After the start and each turn, you may perform a single butterfly kick before the first breaststroke kick.
After the butterfly kick, all movements of the legs must be simultaneous without alternating movement.
Turn your feet outwards during the propulsive part of the kick.
Scissors, alternating movements or downward butterfly kicks are not permitted except as provided herein.
Breaking the surface of the water with the feet is allowed unless followed by a downward butterfly kick.

Your body must be on the breast during each turn.
Touch the wall with both hands separated and simultaneously at, above, or below the water level.
After touching the wall, you may turn in any manner desired.
Your shoulders must be at or past the vertical toward the breast when you leave the wall.

Your body must be on the breast at the finish.
Touch the wall with both hands separated and simultaneously at, above, or below the water level.
At the last stroke before the turn and at the finish, an arm stroke not followed by a leg kick is permitted.
The head may be submerged after the last arm pull before the touch, provided it breaks the surface of the water at some point during the last complete or incomplete cycle preceding the touch.

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