i have been reading a lot of the posts herein.... and it has occurred to me... (and this will surely betray my newbie-ness) there are an awful lot of abbreviations and terms used that leave me essentially having no clue what was said.... is there a book out there someplace "swimese for dummies" or the like? i speak several languages, sadly swimese is not yet among them.....
i can swim two miles comfortably, and have energy left over after to go run three miles... but decode the posts on this board?....
any reference/resource suggestions gladly accepted...
thanks.
be,
jim
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You all are cracking me up!!! Before I post my set, I am glad that the length vs. lap was clarified; I know it has bothered a lot of my swim friends over the years, and I prefer the term length, is doesn't sound as far to me but don't forget, I am older and sometimes suffer from SWD (salt water damage) to my brain!!!
EVF=Early Vertical Fatigue
SAW=Stop at Wall
DAW=Die at Wall
EPS=Early Pool Exit
FOB=First off blocks (or Fell Off Blocks depends)
LOB=Last Off Blocks
NOB=Not On Blocks
SLOB=Starts Late Off Blocks (better to be a SLOB than a LOB)
and for you Flyers out there: SFDKAB (Swim Fly Don't Know Any Better)
SOP=Stay On Pace
and a couple of real ones:
DQ=Disqualified (I always thought it was Dairy Queen) but got a DQ once.
SIS=Swam Illegal Stroke (I got one of these once too)
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Former Member
You all are cracking me up!!! Before I post my set, I am glad that the length vs. lap was clarified; I know it has bothered a lot of my swim friends over the years, and I prefer the term length, is doesn't sound as far to me but don't forget, I am older and sometimes suffer from SWD (salt water damage) to my brain!!!
EVF=Early Vertical Fatigue
SAW=Stop at Wall
DAW=Die at Wall
EPS=Early Pool Exit
FOB=First off blocks (or Fell Off Blocks depends)
LOB=Last Off Blocks
NOB=Not On Blocks
SLOB=Starts Late Off Blocks (better to be a SLOB than a LOB)
and for you Flyers out there: SFDKAB (Swim Fly Don't Know Any Better)
SOP=Stay On Pace
and a couple of real ones:
DQ=Disqualified (I always thought it was Dairy Queen) but got a DQ once.
SIS=Swam Illegal Stroke (I got one of these once too)
