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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Some workout posted here and other places say, for instance, 75 kick/drill/swim. In this case, what does "drill" mean???
Also have a question about what "descend" and "ascend" mean in workouts.
Thanks for any help!
As Rob noted, there are a number of practice over view explanations in the workout section of this site. Those have a lot of terms defined and a lot of abbreviations defined. The most important things to remember:
* use terms that fit into the teaching and workout mix you choose to provide
* use words or abbreviations that help you and your swimmers read the instructions clearly and fairly quickly (versus long narratives with sentences)
* as long as you use the terms fairly consistently (verbally and in writing) so your swimmers can grasp what they mean things will run smoothly
have fun.
Thanks Katie, but what are "drills" for freestyle?
You can pick a drill to work on a specific part of your stroke. I prefer the catch up drill and the fingertip drag drill. You can google some freestyle swim drills and watch the videos to find some that you like. Sometimes the workouts will specify which drills to do.
Kris Houchens says that these are her freestyle swim drills from Opportunities for Greatness.
100 Free Drill Cycle
25 – Fist Drill. Swim freestyle with hands in fists. Work on holding onto the water with the wrist and forearm. Focus on high elbow during pull phase.
2 x 25 – One Arm Drill Swim with one arm only.
1) Non–working arm can be at the side (requires more core strength) breathing to the opposite side of the arm working. Try to hold the working arm in the streamline position for 6 kicks before stroking to emphasis timing. Rotate hips, navel, and shoulders all together with arm pull. Should roll completely from one side to the other than back again during one stroke cycle.
2) Non–working arm can be in streamline position for beginners with balance problems. Breathing to the working arm side. Focus on arm strength and position of arm/hand for the catch.
25 – Full Stroke Freestyle. Thinking about good technique.
Hope this helps to get you started on doing some good drills.
Drill means that you do a stroke drill instead of a swim.
Descend means that you increase your speed as you go through the set, meaning that your time should be faster than the one before it. Ascend means that you decrease your speed as you go through the set. Each repeat should be slower than the one before it.
Hope this helps.
Thanks Katie, but what are "drills" for freestyle?
How about these acronyms?
C - Creating
O - Optimistic
A - Attitudes
C - Changing
H - Habits
S - Stretching
W - Water
I - Into
M - Motion
C - Challenging
O - Obstacles
M - Motivating
P - Personal
E - Energy
T - Towards
I - Individual
T - Training
I - Intelligently
O - Overcoming
N - Negativity
D – Daring
R – Reason
E – Engaging
A – Awareness
M – Manifesting
S – Significance
L – Longing
O – Openly
V – Valuing
E – Equally
M – Materializing
I – Ideas
N – Needing
D – Dimension
H – Helping
O – Open
P – Perspectives
E – Endure
B – Being
E – Entirely
L – Level
I – Including
E – Experienced
V – Verifiable
E – Expectations
SIMW = sleep in miss workout
SADGI = stand around don't get in
SOWAW = sit on wall and whine
GOEFC = get out early for coffee
DTGF = don't train get fat
RTTLS = real triathletes train like swimmers
OLSB = only losers swim breastroke
