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| warm up cold, unused muscles prior to any vigorous exercise or stretching |
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| holding stretch for a few seconds to prevent tearing of ligaments |
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bouncing motion to get more of a stretch,
not advisable
can overstretch and tear ligaments |
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| laying motionless in a horizontal position either on back or stomach |
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| use of hands in a figure-8 pattern for either flotation or propulsion while in a horizontal position |
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| using skulling motion for arms and eggbeater kick while body is in a static vertical position |
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competitive strokes and kicks
freestyle |
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competitive strokes and kicks
breaststroke |
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competitive strokes and kicks
backstroke |
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competitive strokes and kicks
Butterfly |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
false start |
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| leaving the starting block before the signal to go; only first false start is allowed |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
Disqualification
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| Swimmer is eliminated in that event for 1) on a 2nd false start no matter who committed the 1st false start, or 2) for illegal start, stroke, kick, touch, or turn |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke)
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| wrap toes around edge of starting block or stagger feet with only one foot wrapped around block, bend at waist and knees, arms down toward feet (may hold block), head down, hold position |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke)
take-off |
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| push hard off block; throw arms and head forward |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(freestyle, butterfly)
Entry
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| bend slightly at waist; tuck ears in between arms, diagonally slice through water, keep body straight, begin kicking |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(breaststroke)
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| bend slightly at waist, tuck ears in between arms, diagonally slice through water, keep body straight, take one long pull and hold arms down toward knees and glide, bring arms out in front and kick once, bring head out of water, breathe and begin pull |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(Backstroke)
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| starting from sitting position in water, stagger feet on wall with toes of top foot wrapped around skimmer, hold bars of block, on "take your mark" command, pull body forward and out of water, hold position |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(Backstroke)
take off
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| push hard off block, throw arms out to side and over head toughing fingers, throw head backwards |
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Starts: "Swimmer, take your mark....go"; gunshot or blow of whistle may be used instead of "go"
(Backstroke)
entry
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| keep head and body straight, slice through water, begin kicking, must surface before 15m mark |
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Open Turn
(Breaststroke and butterfly) |
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| touch wall with both hands simultaneously and on same horizontal plane, release one hand and dip shoulder and hand under water, turn body around, release other hand over water, duck hand and head in water, push hard off wall |
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Open Turn
(freestyle and backstroke) |
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touch wall with one hand hand only, release hand and dip shoulder and hand under water, turn body around, release other hand over water, duck hand and head in water, push hard off wall
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Flip Turn
(freestyle and backstroke) |
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| if on back, flip over on stomach, take one last breath to side (do not look at wall), reach toward bottom of pool with one hand, tuck chin on chest, take big dolphin kick, so somersault with fairly straight knees, when head is facing opposite end of pool, reach with head and both hands toward opposite end, push hard off wall, begin kicking then begin pull (back stroke: take on pull toward feet before coming up for breath) |
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length: 25 yards,
width: 8 lanes |
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length: 25 yards or meters
width: 8 lanes |
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length: 50 meters
width: 25 yards (8 lanes) |
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| catalina swim, english channel swim |
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series of repeated swims at a given distance with a controlled amount of rest between swims
ex: 5x100 FR on 1:30 |
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series of swims where the distance in each set is progressively shorter
ex: 50-100-200-400-200-100-50 |
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Training: Progressive
(negative splits)
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series of swims where each set is progressively faster than the previous set
ex: 5x50 FR: 30s 29.5s 29s 28.75s 28.4s |
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a long set periodically interrupted with a short distance of something other than the long set
ex: 1000 FR with 50 Butterfly after each 200 FR |
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| 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 women, 1500 men |
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Events: Individual
Backstroke |
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Events: Individual
Breaststroke |
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Events: Individual
Butterfly |
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Events: Individual
Medley
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Fly, Back, Breast, Free
200 and 400 |
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back, breast, fly, free
4x100 and 4x200 |
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Events: Relay
Leaving starting block
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| as soon as swimmer in water touches wall |
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| Event: Open or Rough Water |
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in open body of water
(lakes, ocean) |
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3 different events in competition
(run, bike, swim) |
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max heart rate (220) - age = Age Ajusted (MHR)
MHR- (Resting HR) RHR = Heart Rate Reserve (HRR)
Lower Limit
(HRRx.50)+RHR=THRmin
Upper Limit
(HRRx.85)+RHR=THRmax |
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| adjusts spring/bounce of board |
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3 or 4 step approach: Walk slowly down the board, take normal steps swinging arms naturally
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| bring straight arms down to side of body, keep feet slightly apart on board, bend knees, push hard off board while reaching forward and up with straight arms |
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| should be approx. 1.5 to 2 feet away from board, no more!! |
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| tuck in head, keep ears in between arms, strech out body, keep fingers closed, keep hips and knees from bending, keep legs and feet together, point toes |
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| 10-meter, synchronized (2 divers simultaneously on different platforms) |
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| forward walk, forward entry |
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| face backward at end of board, backward entry |
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| forward walk, backward entry |
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| face backward at end of board, forward entry |
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| rotating body 1/2 to 3 1/2 turns |
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Handstand Dive
(platform only) |
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| standing on hands at end of board either forward or backward and holding position a few moments prior to pushing off with hands |
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Dive postitions
Tuck
Pike
Layout
Free |
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Tuck: hips and knees bent
Pike: hips bent, knees straight
Layout: body straight
Free: combination when performing twists |
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Diving Body Positions
Head
Fingers
Toes
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head: body follows head
fingers: crossed and straight
toes: pointed
legs: together and long |
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Dive Scoring
Degree of difficulty DD |
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| the more difficult to execute the dive, the higher the DD, based on positions (tuck, pike, layout), number of twist, rotations(somersaults) |
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| 1-10, 10 being best in increments of .5 |
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| lowest and highest scores are thrown out to eliminate any biases, if more that one score is the same, throw only one out, the middle three scores are totaled and multiplied by the DD. |
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