https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/pool-training-and-technique/32178/help-with-semantics---8x100-on-2-00-im-roll-through-descent-1-4-5-8One of the thigns I hate about the new format is that we can&#39;t ask a coach what something means. I don&#39;t know what the above means. A &quot;roll through&quot; IM I would exepct to see for a 75 or 125 or something where you do 3 of 4, and each subsequent one, youen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/295405?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:15 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:037cf569-2768-4c27-9be0-10b42001e2b0kristilynn<p>If they are descending, I would assume that you would want them all to contain the same distance of each stroke.&nbsp; I would interpret the &quot;roll through&quot; as rotating the order of the strokes within the 100.&nbsp; i.e. #1 fl-ba-br-fr, #2 ba-br-fr-fl, #3 br-fr-fl-ba, #4 fr-fl-ba-br.&nbsp; Not sure if that is what the author intended, but I feel like it would work.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/295400?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:38:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3fb04a19-9af4-4841-ab72-f92fb1ccd7df3URXX<p>From what I can tell, the roll through would be, as you say, a variation whereby you swim an additional length of a given stroke, alternating that stroke after each rep.&nbsp; Website called Sagetraining has a section concerning swim lingo, and you seem to have it correct.&nbsp; Not sure how it works with 100&#39;s, though.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>