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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fast pool

Sports; Swimming

Refers to a pool that has all of the latest technology that will keep waves to a minimum and simply means that the swimmers can swim faster times in a fast pool.

finish judge

Sports; Swimming

The finishing judge reports on the position (1,2,3 etc.) that the swimmers finish in.

flip turn

Sports; Swimming

When the swimmer gets near the wall and needs to turn around to start swimming back down the lane, they do a somersault, so there legs will be pointing toward the wall and they can get a powerful ...

floating lane dividers

Sports; Swimming

See Lane Markers.

back paddle

Sports; Swimming

A swimmer is on their back, their arms are at their side and their legs are kicking in a crawling motion.

officials

Sports; Swimming

Officials in a swim meet include: a referee, a starter, finishing judges, stroke judges, turning judges, and timers. See each separate listing for details of each position.

backstroke

Sports; Swimming

The swimmer starts in the water, they are holding on to the backstroke starting grips and have their feet, that must be completely underwater, against the wall of the pool. When the starting signal ...