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!
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No one has asked me to count laps. I've been asked to count lengths. If they meant laps, they would have asked me to count laps, but that would be stupid because I'd have to be where they started.
However, counting lengths means you have to count lengths in twos,
otherwise you'd be running up and down the pool to announce: one, two three, four, and up to 30 (for a 1500 LCM).
We never used visible counters in the "old" days but yelled at the turns: 100, 200, three, four and up to eight, and then we would start yelling seven, six, five, four, two, go like Heck.
No one has asked me to count laps. I've been asked to count lengths. If they meant laps, they would have asked me to count laps, but that would be stupid because I'd have to be where they started.
However, counting lengths means you have to count lengths in twos,
otherwise you'd be running up and down the pool to announce: one, two three, four, and up to 30 (for a 1500 LCM).
We never used visible counters in the "old" days but yelled at the turns: 100, 200, three, four and up to eight, and then we would start yelling seven, six, five, four, two, go like Heck.
