If the major car companies, electronics companies and other industries can get together ad agree on certain industry standards, why not swimming? Do you think that all computer firms just suddenly come up with the USB? No, they all agreed to the design, capabilities and limitations, so all could compete and flourish on par.
Same goes for swimming, but it hasn't happened yet. Lap or Length have been argued to death here, with no consensus. This morning I was reminded of another set of easily confused terms; build and descend. I was taught that build meant increase speed (or at least effort) during the individual swim you are about to perform, descend was to make each swim in a set a little faster, so the last 100 (or whatever the distance) was faster than the first one .
Anyone else have terms of inconsistency or ambiguity? Can we get the coaches to issue forth a letter of understanding on certain terms, so we have an interchangeable vernacular across the country?
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My reason for starting this thread was not to see if you knew (or thought you knew) various terminology, but get the coaches to agree and use common terms exclusively instead of interchangeably.
Reminds me of a coach who screamed at a masters swimmer after he'd completed the last swim of a 10 x 100m set.
The swimmer finished a long way behind the other swimmers in the pool.
The coach screamed, "When I said Take Your Time, I meant Take Your Time, not Take Your ******* Time!!!"
My reason for starting this thread was not to see if you knew (or thought you knew) various terminology, but get the coaches to agree and use common terms exclusively instead of interchangeably.
Reminds me of a coach who screamed at a masters swimmer after he'd completed the last swim of a 10 x 100m set.
The swimmer finished a long way behind the other swimmers in the pool.
The coach screamed, "When I said Take Your Time, I meant Take Your Time, not Take Your ******* Time!!!"
