Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a competitive and recreational water sport competed in individually or on a relay, however points can be scored for a team. Competitive swimming is seperated into several categories some in open water, others in a competition pool which can take place in a 25-yard 25-meter or 50-meter long pool. There are four competitive swimming strokes, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

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Lap card

Sports; Swimming

A card that is held up by a turn judge at the end of each lane to tell swimmers how many laps remain in the race.

Kickboard

Sports; Swimming

This is a small rectangle piece of equipment that floats and a swimmer uses it to practise their kicking motion. You see small children use them a lot because they can hold on to it and kick and move ...

Hypoxic training

Sports; Swimming

A way to help swimmers deal with a lack of oxygen. In training exercises a swimmer will swim some distance without breathing.

Interval training

Sports; Swimming

Swimming using a certain stroke resting and then swimming the same stroke again.

Long course

Sports; Swimming

This is an event that is held in a pool that is 55 yards long.

Medley

Sports; Swimming

This is a race that uses a combination of swimming strokes. Each swimmer on a relay team swims separate legs of the race and each uses a separate stroke: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and ...