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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Long distance swimming

Sports; Swimming

When a race or event is held in a lake or ocean. Swimming the English Channel is long distance swimming. Some would say it is crazy, but we are not here to judge.

Chief timer

Sports; Swimming

He authenticates the time recorded by the electronic timing device after verifying this with the timers. There are 8 lane timekeepers, one for each lane.

Disqualification

Sports; Swimming

A swimmer can be disqualified for a number of different reasons. Please see rules of the game for a complete list.

Catch up

Sports; Swimming

When one of the swimmers arms pauses so that the other arm can catch up to it.

Dolphin kick

Sports; Swimming

This is when the legs are kept together and the move up and down in the water in unison. It gets its name because the legs resemble a move like a dolphins tail.

Drag

Sports; Swimming

The resistance the water causes as a swimmer moves through the water.

Crawl

Sports; Swimming

The arms, alternating, move through the water pulling the swimmer forward. The arms go over the swimmers head and then back to their side and then are brought back over the head. The legs kick in a ...