Swimming Glossary
Please use our
swimming glossary to help you interpret some of the terms we use in swimming.
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 100
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 2:1
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 3:1
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 3-4 drill
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 3S
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 4-4-4 drill
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 50
Swimming Lessons Glossary - 500
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Backstroke
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Band training
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Bilateral
breathing
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Break
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Breakout
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Breaststroke
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Build
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Buoy
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Butterfly
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Catch up
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Catch-up
stroke
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Circle
swimming
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Count strokes
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Crawl
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Descend
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Descending
Swimming Lessons Glossary -
Distance per stroke (dps)
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Dolphin kick
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Drag
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Dragsuit
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Even splitting
Swimming Lessons Glossary - False start
Swimming Lessons Glossary - False-start
rope
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Fingertip drag
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Flutter-kick
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Fly
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Freestyle
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Full gear
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Gravity wave
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Headbangers
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Heat
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Hypoxic
training
Swimming Lessons Glossary - IM
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Interval
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Kick
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Kickboard
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Lane
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Lane lines
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Lap
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Lap card
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Leg
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Length
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Long course
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Main set
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Medley
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Negative split
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Negative
splitting
Swimming Lessons Glossary - One start rule
Swimming Lessons Glossary - On the bottom
Swimming Lessons Glossary - On the top
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Pace
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Paddles
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Piece
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Pull
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Pullout
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Recovery
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Relay
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Relay takeover
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Repeats
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Reverse IM
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Roll
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Scissor kick
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Sculling
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Set
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Short course
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Split
Swimming Lessons Glossary -
Stop-stop-switch ("SSS")
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Streamline
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Stroke
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Surf
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Tapering
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Threshold
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Tootsie roll
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Touch
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Touch pad
Swimming Lessons Glossary -
Triple-switch ("3S" or "trs")
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Tube
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Tumble turn
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Turn
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Turn judge
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Variable
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Vertical
kicking
Swimming Lessons Glossary -
Warm-down (or cool-down)
Swimming Lessons Glossary - Warm-up
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