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SWIMMING TALK
New to swimming? Or are you just not sure what something means, in either case hopefully you'll find what you're looking for on this list.
| Pools | |
| Longcourse - | Refers to any swimming pool 50m long, hence any longcourse championships will be held in a 50m pool. |
| Shortcourse - | For a pool to be classed as shortcourse it must be either 25 yards or 25m long. |
| Races | |
| DQ | Disqualified. You can be 'DQ-ed' for any number of different things in a particular event. Usually, people are disqualified for severe stroke errors or incorrect turns and finishes. |
| DNQ | Did Not Qualify. Found in results to indicate a swimmer did not progress from the heats to the final. |
| DNS | Did Not Start. This will sometimes appear next to a swimmers name in the results of an event which they had entered but either did not turn up for or withdrew from. |
| DNF | Did Not Finish. Also found in the results, this indicates that a swimmer failed to finish the race. |
| Heat | A preliminary round to determine which swimmers go on to the final. Swimmers will usually be put in entered time order, with the fastest swimmers going in the last heat. |
| Splits | Time it takes to complete a given section of a race. For example, your 50m split on a 100m swim would be the time it took you to complete the first 50m of the race. Splits can be very helpful when planning how to pace an event. |
| Individual Medley | Race in which a different stroke is swum for each 1/4 of the race. Usually either a 100m, 200m or 400m distance. Strokes are swum in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, frontcrawl order. |
| Freestyle | An event in which any stroke can be used. Almost always swimmers use frontcrawl as it the quickest of the four strokes. |
| Blocks | The same principle as starting blocks in a running race. Swimmers use these as a small platform from which to launch themselves into the water at the start of a race. |
| Training | |
| Taper | This is a technique used mainly to prepare for important meets. Started a few weeks before the event, the swimmer will decrease the amount of meters swam each session, while resting more and increasing the intensity of their sprints. |
| Kick-board |  Floatation device used to support the upper body whilst working the legs only. Used on a 'kick' set, the board will usually be used with fins. |
| Pull-buoy |  A small float that has been specially designed to fit comfortably between the legs, making the swimmer use their arms only. They come in many shapes and colors. |
| Paddles | Worn on the hands (usually whilst using a Pul Buoy) these increase the surface area of the hands adding more resistance when pulling, helping to build up shoulder strength and power. |
| Fins |  Most fins are made of natural rubber. Some are made of high-density, heat-treated polyurethane and will last forever. You can choose between short training fins or longer-size fins. |
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Novice Champs 2010
The Annual Championships forNovice swimmers in the Club were recently held at Totton Leisure Centre. The purpose of this event has 2 main aims. Firstly to give those swimmers who have yet to reach “Club level” or who are still taking lessons, an opportunity tocompete against similar ability swimmers and gaining a taste of what it is like to compete in a swimming event. Secondly, the event is run, timed & judgedby those swimmers who are at “Club level”, giving them some experience & understanding of how similar events they compete in are run, and maybe giving them an appetite to go on to do courses in the future with a view to becoming a fully qualified ASA Official.
There were 4 age categories forboth boys & girls – U9, 9-10, 11-12 & 13+, and 4 events in each agegroup, Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly, all being of 50mexcept the U9 Butterfly which was only 25m. The top 3 swimmers in each eventall received medals.
Whilst it is not possible to listall those swimmers who took part, the results did produce some note-worthyachievements.
For the girls, Alexandra Walker in the 11-12 years agecategory produced a clean sweep, taking all 4 gold medals. In the 9-10 age group, Cerys Ralph took gold in Freestyle & Backstroke, with Hannah Brackley taking the Freestyle & Breaststroke in the 13+ group.
In the boy’s section, Harry Cooper equalled Alexandra Walker’s achievement in the U9 age group with another clean sweep. Honours wereeven in the 9-10 group with Freddie Ide claiminggold in the Freestyle & Backstroke, whilst Adam Bowen took Breaststroke & Butterfly. Zayd Neseyif’s domination of the 11-12 boys was only held in checkby Luke Ralph who took the gold forButterfly. To finish off, the boy’s 13+ events were hotly contested between Steven Simpson & Rob Murphy, with Rob emanatingAlexandra & Harry’s feat of taking all 4 gold medals.
The Club Officials would like to thank ALL the swimmers who took part for making the whole event worthwhile. Without you all, we wouldn’thave a club. Thanks must go also to the Club swimmers who did an excellent job in running the event, with a particular mention for Gemma Boyes – Girl’s Vice Captain 2010, for organising the “Officials” for the competition.And on a final note a thank you to all the Qualified Judges,Referees, Time keepers for their supervisory roles during the event .
12th May 2010
This years Tony Weston Memorial Gala is this coming Saturday evening , please make sure your there on time to cheer the teams on , lets make it a really good night , Also, all the procedes from the raffle will be going to Southampton Eye Unit so please give generously , there are some great prizes this year so dig deep if you can .
Doors Open 5.30 , Warm up 5.45
Teas and coffees will be available upstairs from 6.30 onwards as well as another desk selling programmes for those wishing to watch from the upper gallery :o)
I look forward to seeing you all
Cheers
Paul ( FIX IT MAN )
