Swim Slang is like the urban dictionary for the swimming community,
It's the terms we use.
please submit:
1) the word or phrase or acronym or term,
2) it's definition, links to videos, &
3) USE it in a sentence
4) offer other forms of the word
ie
SDK is an acronym for Streamline Dolphin Kick,
some call it underwaters or dolphins.
It's where swimmers dolphin kick underwater off of starts & turns.
You tend to see them more in sprints
Michael Ross has an excellent SDK.
SDKed, SDKing, SDKs, SDKer
piano - when all your muscles seize up and you can barely move forward anymore, you are swimming with a piano on your back. Pace your races correctly and this should never happen to you.
"Oh wow, look at the size of the piano on That Guy. Five bucks says he doesn't finish."
"Hey man, good job dodging the piano. You went out so fast, I thought you were doomed. Is that a best time?"
"SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN, SING US A SONG TONIGHT..."
Edit: here's a video link of Rebecca Soni at Worlds last summer. The piano drops on her at about the 4:18 mark.
YouTube- Nadja Higl - World Champion - 200 *** Rome 2009
And here's what NOT to do: somehow, the thread about that race did not include the word piano anywhere!
Soni swims great 170m *** - U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums
Another edit: calculating the difference between 100 splits in a 200 event helps identify pianos even if you weren't there.
3 or less: could have gone out faster (arguable for the 200 free and 200 back)
4-5: good
6-7: try to start out a bit slower next time
8-9: that had to hurt
10+: piano
20+: srsly... what were you thinking
piano - when all your muscles seize up and you can barely move forward anymore, you are swimming with a piano on your back. Pace your races correctly and this should never happen to you.
"Oh wow, look at the size of the piano on That Guy. Five bucks says he doesn't finish."
"Hey man, good job dodging the piano. You went out so fast, I thought you were doomed. Is that a best time?"
"SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN, SING US A SONG TONIGHT..."
Edit: here's a video link of Rebecca Soni at Worlds last summer. The piano drops on her at about the 4:18 mark.
YouTube- Nadja Higl - World Champion - 200 *** Rome 2009
And here's what NOT to do: somehow, the thread about that race did not include the word piano anywhere!
Soni swims great 170m *** - U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums
Another edit: calculating the difference between 100 splits in a 200 event helps identify pianos even if you weren't there.
3 or less: could have gone out faster (arguable for the 200 free and 200 back)
4-5: good
6-7: try to start out a bit slower next time
8-9: that had to hurt
10+: piano
20+: srsly... what were you thinking
