Hi there, new-ish swimmers!
My name is Barb and I was a lurker. Then I registered and lurked some more. I heard all sorts of terms (long-axis/short-axis, SDKs, slippage - to name a few) that the more seasoned swimmers were tossing around and had no clue what they referred to, much less meant. I was a little shy about asking for clarification on some basic issues within a thread where something was being discussed or debated.
I would like to create a space here for swimmers who are either new-ish to swimming, fitness swimming, or maybe competitive swimming to ask basic questions, the ones you're embarrassed to ask. If you don't want to ask them yourself, register and send me a private message, and I'll ask it for you.
I don't have the answers, but many of the posters here have been and are helpful and supportive of me and probably will be the same for you.
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I'll go first.
I swam in my first race recently. When it was time for my heat to swim, I heard the whistle blow at least twice. The last time I think was to step onto the blocks. What did the other whistle mean?
(I pretty much did what everyone else in my heat was doing.)
I had that same issue, luckily they explained it at the second meet I went too!
The first whistle is just basically a warning whistle to say get behind the blocks, like a "If you're not here, you're not swimming." And yea, the second is to actually get on the blocks.
I'll go first.
I swam in my first race recently. When it was time for my heat to swim, I heard the whistle blow at least twice. The last time I think was to step onto the blocks. What did the other whistle mean?
(I pretty much did what everyone else in my heat was doing.)
I had that same issue, luckily they explained it at the second meet I went too!
The first whistle is just basically a warning whistle to say get behind the blocks, like a "If you're not here, you're not swimming." And yea, the second is to actually get on the blocks.
