REN 96

Common Terms used in training and competition.

Strokes

b/f - butterfly b/c – back crawl (also known as backstroke)

b/s – breaststroke     f/c – front crawl (also known as freestyle)

I/M individual medley (butterfly, backcrawl, breast stroke, frontcrawl)

e.g. 100 I/M comprises

 25metres butterfly, 25metres backcrawl, 25metres breaststroke and 25metres frontcrawl swum continuously by one person.

Medley Relay

a relay swum in the following order (each swimmer swims one stroke) –

back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly and frontcrawl.

Freestyle Relay

a relay with all swimmers swimming frontcrawl (normally)

Distances swum in competitions are as follows:

b/f 25m, 50m, 100m, 200m.

b/c 25m, 50m, 100m, 200m.

b/s 25m, 50m, 100m, 200m.

f/c 25m, 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m.

Short Course (s.c.)

            an event swum in a 25m pool

Long Course (l.c)

            an event swum in a 50m pool.

Meets/Galas

another name for a competition.

SASA

            Scottish Amateur Swimming Association

W.D.

West District (the district in Scotland that REN 96 is in)

Website Links

www.scottishswimming.co.uk (website of SASA)

www.swimscotland.org (website that lists competitions and results)

www.scotswimwest.org (website for West District swimming)

Officials                     

At competitions there are always officials to ensure the correct running of the event.

There will usually be a referee who is in charge of the competition, a starter who will start the races,

turn judges who check that the correct turns are executed, stroke judges who check that the

correct stroke is being swum and timekeepers who time the swimmers in their events.

The club is always looking for people to train as timekeepers, in the first instance, because all clubs

have to provide officials at competitions. There will be opportunities throughout the year to train as timekeepers.