Practice Jargon

SKOB – Streamline Kick On Back. Kicking only, on your back in a streamline position.

IM Odd Way – swim in traditional Individual Medley Order (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle), however the second half of the swim is always freestyle. For example a 150 IM Odd Way is swum as follows: 25 Butterfly, 25 Freestyle, 25 Backstroke, 25 Freestyle, 25 Breaststroke, 25 Freestyle. A 400 IM Odd Way is 50 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle, etc.

Negative Split – for a given distance, swim the second half of the distance faster than the first half. For example for a 200 Negative Split, swim the first 100 yards at 1:30 and the second 100 yards at 1:25. Do not stop, just take a quick peek at the clock as you turn.

Descend – in a given set of swims of the same distance, swim each distance faster. For example, for 3 x 100 Descend, swim the first one with a time of 1:30, the second one 1:28, and the third one 1:25. Even a one-second drop is considered descending.

DAB – Double Arm Backstroke. DAB is a recovery, meaning relaxing, type of stroke. Both arms go over the head at the same time, almost like a football referee scoring a touchdown.

Leave on the Top – the next swim starts with the clock reading :00. However, the first swimmer should put their head underwater at the :59, pushing off the wall on the :00.

Leave on the Bottom – same as the top, except leave with the clock reading :30.

Crazy 8 – Do 8 very fast freestyle strokes, then easy the rest of the distance regular freestyle.

AFAP – as fast as possible