Hello,
I am new and not familiar with the acronyms used at the pool. The coaches have bee nice to answer my questions, but sometimes I forget and feel really bad asking again and again.
Is there a place I can find them out?
Thanks a bunch.
Mayra
Depends upon the coach. Different coaches and swimmers use different acronyms, abbreviations, short hand, and syntax. Might post some of your particular questions on acronyms here and we can sort them out.
s c y = short course yards
l c y = long yards
B L B = bilateral breathing
side breathing = turn head to side to breathe on butterfly
L S D = long shore drive in Chicago
please add more from others.
"so I was like 'Grandma what do you think "WTF" means?' And she said someone in her bridge club told her it means 'Wow, that's fun.' ... And so that's what it means. I'm not explaining anything else to her."
At about 1:20
www.youtube.com/watch
CH: choice
FL: fly
BK: back
BR: ***
FR: free
SDK: streamline dolphin kick (underwater)
IMO: IM order
RIMO: reverse IM order
AOME: all out maximum effort
DPS: distance per stroke
RP: race pace
BC: breath control
Pyramid: distances or reps go up and back down--e.g. a 100 pyramid goes 25-50-75-100-75-50-25
X up/Y down: breathing pattern on fly, X number of strokes with a breath in a row, Y number of strokes without a breath in a row
SKPS or SKIPS: swim, kick, (IM), pull, swim
BS: best stroke
BS: Coach Tim (me) is full of ----
WTF: way to finish!
WTF: what the ---- is Coach Tim thinking, why do I continue to swim with this jerk?!
DNBS: do not break stroke
WS: worst stroke
NFR: non-free
BP: breathing pattern
X-Y BP: breathing pattern on free where you breathe, take X strokes without a breath, breathe, take Y strokes without a breath, then rinse and repeat
:Xr: rest interval--e.g. :10r means rest for 10 seconds
Chain: first person in the lane goes when the last person finishes
ISCTSHW: I Survived Coach Tim's Stupid Hell Week
