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Drag Suit
- The second
(or more) swim suit worn to increase drag in the water. This
is like using weights when walking, or weighting a bat in warm
up. It makes the swimmer work harder in practice, and feel
"lighter and faster" in the meets, when only one, skin-tight, suit
is worn.
DQ
- Disqualification (swimmer’s time isn’t
official).
Heat Sheet
- A list of swimmers competing in each event, ordered by heats.
Heats usually get progressively faster (i.e., the last heat to swim
each event usually has the fastest swimmers based on seed
time).
Long Course
- Generally, the summer swim season, usually in 50 meter pools,
though occasionally there will be a 25 yard pool. Very
often outdoor pools are used. Shortest event is a 50 meter
distance.
Meters versus Yards
- Pools are constructed in two measurement
dimensions. Meters, as in the metric system, and
yards. Meters are used for all international meets, and many
other meets. Long course is often held in meter
pools. Yards are found in short course, and local
pools. 25 meters and 50 meters are longer than 25 and 50
yards.
N.T.
- NT (no time) after a swimmer’s name on heat sheets or
psych sheets indicates that the swimmer does not yet have an
officially recorded time in the event
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Psych Sheet
- At all positive-check-in meets, you can pick up (for ~$3) a
listing that tells you all the events and all swimmers in each
event: the swimmer with the fastest seed time is listed first and
the swimmer with the slowest seed time is listed last. While
the psych sheet does tell you all the events your child will swim
in, it does not tell you precisely which heat your child is
in. (Some meets are not positive-check-in, at those meets you
can buy a heat sheet ... see the definition of heat sheet). Heat sheets and Psych sheets
are very helpful for following a meet.
Seed Time - The best time a swimmer has in an event. That time is
submitted by the coach when entering swimmers for a meet. It will
determine where a swimmer is "seeded" in that particular race.
However, because entry forms are often due weeks before a meet, a
swimmer’s seed time might not necessarily be their best time
any more by the time a meet takes place.
Short Course
- Generally, the fall through spring swim season. Meets are
held indoors, in 25 yard pools. Shortest event is a 25 yard
distance.
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