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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cadence

Sports; Swimming

This refers to the distance covered per one stroke.

cap

Sports; Swimming

See Swimming Cap.

catch point

Sports; Swimming

When the swimmers hand enters the water and they are able to beginning moving the water to propel them forward.

catch up

Sports; Swimming

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

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.

lane markers

Sports; Swimming

Lane Markers are used to separate each lane in a pool. Lane Markers are made of individual disks that are strung on a cable. The disks spin on the cable when they are hit by a wave. The last 5 meters ...