Hello! I'm a newcomer to swimming laps, and I'd like everyone's input on a debate I'm having with a friend who also swims.
What is technically a lap?
I say it's based on distance. If you're in a 25m pool - then a lap is down and back. If you are in a 50m pool - then a lap is the length of the pool one way.
He says a lap is the length of a pool.
Can someone solve this battle for us?
Thanks!
Length - simple, it is what it says, you go one way and finish at the opposite end of the pool. Noodles or otherwise.
Lap - you finish where you started - JUST LIKE TRACK -
And NASCAR!
So when one is swimming a 500, and the guy in the next lane passes you around mid pool on his way back from the wall you are approaching, has he "lengthed" you? :shakeshead:
Length - simple, it is what it says, you go one way and finish at the opposite end of the pool. Noodles or otherwise.
Lap - you finish where you started - JUST LIKE TRACK -
And NASCAR!
So when one is swimming a 500, and the guy in the next lane passes you around mid pool on his way back from the wall you are approaching, has he "lengthed" you? :shakeshead:
