![]() ![]() Medley - All four strokes swum in a specified order.Masters - Name used for our category of adult swimming at Meets.The ULU pool is 33 metres, so 100m – 3 lengths etc. m (e.g.25m) - Metres – Our training pools are generally 25 metres so 50 metres is 2 lengths, 100m – 4 lengths, 200m – 8 lengths, 300m - 12 lengths and 400m 16 lengths.Long Course - 50m pool (term used for describing competitions).Swim down & stretching help disperse lactate. Lactate Lactic acid is produced in the muscles during anaerobic sets.Kickboard - A flat float used for doing kick.Intensity - Run on a scale from 10 – 20 with 10 being easy and 20 being as hard as it gets.IM - Individual Medley (all four strokes together in order Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Frontcrawl).HVO - High Velocity Overload – Swim part of the length (no more than 15m) at full speed without breathing, rest of the set distance swim easy.Can also refer to starting from in the pool holding onto the side Go off - Time in which you have to complete a swim or set of repeat distance/times inclusive of rest time.Gala - Competition (also called a Meet).Freestyle - Normally Frontcrawl, but any stroke will do as long as you can maintain speed.Free - Freestyle - normally Frontcrawl, but any stroke will do as long as you can maintain speed.FR - Freestyle or Free (normally Frontcrawl, but any stroke will do as long as you can maintain speed).FC - Frontcrawl often referred to as Freestyle or Free.Elbows High - Drill where as it sounds on FC you keep the elbows bent and high out of the water on the recovery.Easy - Usually swim down or warm up, a slow easy stroke focusing on stretching out the stroke and warming up or down. ![]() Duck- Drill where you keep the elbows tight to your sides and move the forearms back and forth (like duck legs) to propel yourself through water.Drill - A controlled form of stroke designed to draw attention to a particular aspect of that stroke: Catch-Up, Drag, Salute, Elbows High, Zip-up, Doggy Paddle, Duck, and many more.Drag - Drill where on FC fingertips drag through the water on the recovery (also known as trickle).Dolphin Kick - Simultaneous leg kick used in Butterfly.Dive Start - Diving entry from the blocks in the deep end (usually either a grab start or a track start).Catch-up - Drill where on FC one hand stays at full stretch ahead until the other meets it then it begins the stroke.BS - Can be Breaststroke or Backstroke – check context!.BR - Breaststroke sometimes also BS or Breast.BBM - Beats Below Maximum (Heart Rate).Anaerobic - Shorter distance, high intensity, long rest period swimming sets that focus on building power.Aerobic Longer distance, moderate intensity, short rest period swimming sets that focus on building endurance.‘A’ Stroke - Your best stroke, often FC, but can be others.
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