I am looking at putting together a sheet for my new masters swimmers about all the different swimming terminology and acronyms coaches use on deck.
I will start with a few.... Please add as many as you can and I will re-post what I put together.
DPS - Distance per stroke
Rev IMO - Reverse Individual Medley Order
R Arm - Right Arm only
L Arm - Left Arm only
Inv K - Inverted Kick
Alternate Breathe - breathing pattern that consist's of equal number of breath's on the left side as the right, typically done in threes, breathe left, stroke three times, breathe right, stroke three times, repeat.
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An acronym (lit. "short word") is a word made up of initial letter(s) of other words. There are very few acronyms in English. Here are some of the most common:
snafu: situation normal, all fouled up
scuba: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
radar: radio detecting and ranging
I have never seen an acronym used in a swimming context, although there might be one.
There are lots of abbreviations, initialisms, and shorthand ways of writing things in swimming workouts:
SDK: an initialism
Helpful hint: if you can't pronounce it as a word, it is not an acronym.
(Sigh)
An acronym (lit. "short word") is a word made up of initial letter(s) of other words. There are very few acronyms in English. Here are some of the most common:
snafu: situation normal, all fouled up
scuba: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
radar: radio detecting and ranging
I have never seen an acronym used in a swimming context, although there might be one.
There are lots of abbreviations, initialisms, and shorthand ways of writing things in swimming workouts:
SDK: an initialism
Helpful hint: if you can't pronounce it as a word, it is not an acronym.
