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Collegiate Swimming

Collegiate swimming is a swimming event at a college level. It is a competition based on gender and swimming style. Events between colleges are sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Is a lap in a pool down and back?

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I am not totally sure but in a normal pool it can mean just up or up and back. To find out, ask how many metres you have to swim and then estimate.

What are the purpose of bubbling in swimming?

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Bubbling in swimming refers to exhaling air through your nose while under water. This takes place after you have taken a breath above water and then placed your face beneath the surface to continue swimming. It helps to regulate your breathing patterns under the water.

What is lap swim?

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One length is one lap. Webster's II New College Dictionary gives this definition in regard to swimming pools: "2.b. One complete length of a straight course, as in a swimming pool."

I think the confusion comes from a swimmer being "lapped", which is a different term and has a different definition. As a competitive swimmer in summer, high school, and college, we counted 1 length as 1 lap no matter how long the pool, and never talked about "lengths of the pool" at all. My lap counters always counted down from 20 for the 500 and from 64 for the mile (in 25m pools). In the Olympics the 50m is one lap. But, the definition of a lap is not linked to any particular measurement; when you turn around, you are swimming a new lap.

Perhaps we can do away with the confusion by just talking about yardage/meters instead which is how most competitive swimmers talk about how far they swam.

Some people think that 2 lengths of the pool is a lap -- that is from start to the end of the pool and back (seems to make sense, right?), however, according to the rules of the Olympic games, a lap is one length of a pool. This is how competitive high school and college swimmers count laps, as well. In track a lap is one complete distance of the length of track. It's the same in swimming; one length of the pool is one lap.

What are the biomechanical principles applied in swimming?

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Aerodynamics is essentially how efficient something can move through the air. If an object is MORE aerodynamic, then it will travel with less resistance, and vice versa.

The same applies for water, if you try to push a large flat object through water, it will encounter resistance and be difficult to move. For example, the palm of your hand with the fingers closed.

Because each force has an equal opposite, you push the water with your hand and it pushes back, propelling you forward and the water backwards.

This is less efficient if you try it with your hand pointing sideways. Why? It is more aerodynamic that way.

How many laps do you have to swim to swim 1 mile?

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It depends in the standard of the simming race, for Olympic or World Championships then the pool has to have 10 lanes however only the middle 8 are used.

For lesser competitions it depends on how many lanes the pool has, usually a minimum of 6 however for smaller and older pools which are very rarely used there may be 4 or 5 lanes

What are the rules that players must follow in swimming?

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Here are the ways you can be disqualified. These aren't the only ways though.

You can be Disqualified if in:

All Strokes:

o Walk on the bottom towards the finish

o Pulling yourself towards the finish with the lane rope

o Springing from the bottom to get to the finish line

o Left the pool before finishing the full distance or DNF(did not finish)

Freestyle:

o Failure to touch on the turn at 25m, 50m, or 75m

o Failure to surface after 15m after starting (or after turning)

Backstroke:

o Failure to touch on the turn

o An arm pull independent of the turning action

o Revised: kicking without any accompanying action at 25m, 50m, or 75m

o Failure to remain on back during race or at finish

o Failure to surface by 15m after the start or turn

o Not on back when feet left the wall

Breaststroke:

o Non-simultaneous touch at each wall

o One hand touch on the wall

o Scissor or dolphin kick

o Asymmetrical arm movements

o Arm pull past hips

o Failure to surface during EACH stroke

o Failure of head to surface at the end of propulsion phase of second arm stroke on start

Butterfly:

o Non-simultaneous touch at walls

o One hand touch at walls

o Flutter kick

o Scissor kick

o Underwater arm recovery

o Uneven arm pull(asymmetrical arm pull)

o Failure to surface by 15m after the start or at turns

Individual Medley:

THE PREVIOUS ANSWER SAID BACK BREST FLY FREE BUT ACUTALLY ITS BUTTERFLY BACKSTROKE BREASTSTROKE FREESTYL

o Strokes swum in wrong order(should be: fly, backt,breast, free)

o More than 90 degrees before touching on the change over from back to breast

Relays:

o If a swimmer leaves the starting block before the swimmer before touches

o Relay strokes swum in wrong order (back, breast, fly, free)

What college holds the most NCAA championships?

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If you are speaking of NCAA Men's Basketball, the record for Most NCAA Championship Titles is UCLA with 11 (Coach John Wooden won 10 of the 11 NCAA titles at UCLA) Most NCAA Championship Titles: UCLA 11 Kentucky 7 Indiana 5 North Carolina 4 Duke 3

Difference between games and sports?

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sre is the skill related fitness example like, balance, co-ordination, reaction time, power, speed, agility they all are needed to improve our skill in sports and playing well in the games.

sport and games... ofc its different sport is physical activity and games is a competitive of a tournament

How do you get your mom to take you swimming?

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I answered this ? Already but I'm glad to help...my mom doesn't allow me to weear a bikini sooo this is wat I did I always wear a tank and super short shoerts wen I go swimmin and obviously wear my bra I told her after swimming my undergarments stink like chlorine and it would be better if I wore a bikini underneath becuz its water proof and she simply agreed and its not like she'll go swimming wit u so just change ;)...hope this helped :D

How many laps in an Olympic size pool equal one mile?

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It's easy to calculate how many laps to a mile. Just ask someone who's working there if the pool is 100 meters or 100 yards. One lap is always down and back. If the pool is in yards it's almost 9 laps, if its meters it's closer to 8 laps. Happy swimming!

What is the pitch in swimming?

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Its the 100 meter by 70 meter field where rugby is played on. A rugby ground is a term used for all the facilities and the playing area - the pitch is where the game is played within the ground.

What are some fun sports award categories for volleyball?

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best setter, best hitter, best bumper, good sportsmanship, best server, best on their feet, best digs, ya those are all good awards

What is the world record for the 100m butterfly?

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There is no official world record for the 400m butterfly but There is a postal swim sanctioned by United States Masters that is tracking times swum by USMS or FINA members at www.swimflyfast.com USMS or FINA members can swim the distance in a swim meet or on their own with a witness and submit times. This postal event runs from October 15 2013 to August 31 2014. A new postal event will start again next Sept 1. Backstroke and Breaststroke events are tracked as well, including a 3 x 500 IM (non-crawl)

What are the Phases of the arm cycle in any stroke?

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There is the extension phase where you reach out as far as possible. Then the catch phase is next its where you initially catch the water then it leads right into the actual pull phase where the water is thrust behind you. which leads directly into the recovery phase of the stroke where the arm moves back to catch more water and start the cycle again.

Where do you find out about the rules police must follow?

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Police must follow the same rules of the road as the general public except when their code equipment (lights and siren) is in use.