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
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I've always considered a lap of anything to be a circuit which returns the racer to the point of origin, whether circumferential or out-and-back. Is this an idiosyncratic use of the term specific only to swimming, or is it a localized misuse of the term which is not indicative of the membership at large?
It's odd..swimmers pride themselves on being more of a cerebral bunch of jocks...yet seem to have issues with understanding the difference between a length and a lap...a bit like the ambiguity between "freestyle" and front crawl.
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Former Member
I've always considered a lap of anything to be a circuit which returns the racer to the point of origin, whether circumferential or out-and-back. Is this an idiosyncratic use of the term specific only to swimming, or is it a localized misuse of the term which is not indicative of the membership at large?
It's odd..swimmers pride themselves on being more of a cerebral bunch of jocks...yet seem to have issues with understanding the difference between a length and a lap...a bit like the ambiguity between "freestyle" and front crawl.
:bolt:
