What are your picks of what you reckon are the most humorous Swimming jargon terms, or the most humorous uses of any Swimming jargon terms made by anyone - be it by any swimmer/s, a coach, who ever was commentating a race you saw live or on TV, or someone who wrote about a race you saw ?
Not to be confused with any humorous swimming quotes made by any swimmers, coaches or commentators, which isn't what I'm asking.
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As a coach, I like "fast" as opposed to "hard" because I want to get a certain attitude from my swimmers. I want them getting across the pool as fast as they can, and not necessarily spending the most energy possible doing it. However, I think it's mostly an intellectual point, because to a swimmer brain, "fast" and "hard" in a workout mean the same thing. And I think refusing to say "workout" is silly. Again, it's good to have the attitude that what we are doing is practicing for our races, but the way we do that is by working out!
As a coach, I like "fast" as opposed to "hard" because I want to get a certain attitude from my swimmers. I want them getting across the pool as fast as they can, and not necessarily spending the most energy possible doing it. However, I think it's mostly an intellectual point, because to a swimmer brain, "fast" and "hard" in a workout mean the same thing. And I think refusing to say "workout" is silly. Again, it's good to have the attitude that what we are doing is practicing for our races, but the way we do that is by working out!
