11-783: Short Course may refer to: Short course , a 25-metre or 25-yard swimming pool Short course off-road racing , a motorsports discipline History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) , book colloquially known as the Short Course Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison St John's Short Course , Isle of Man road racing circuit See also [ edit ] Short track (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
22-412: A turn is a reversal of direction of travel by a swimmer. A turn is typically performed when a swimmer reaches the end of a swimming pool but still has one or more remaining pool lengths to swim. In competitions, there are judges or pressure pads in each lane to verify that a swimmer has touched the end wall while turning. A short course race has more turns than the same-distance long course race, and
33-865: A temporary barrier has been placed 25 metres from one end as a turning point. In the United States, the term "short course" is more commonly applied to 25 yards (22.86 m) competition, which is more common in that country. Short-course yards is generally abbreviated as "SCY" to differentiate it from short course meters (SCM). The US national federations, USA Swimming and U.S. Masters Swimming , both maintain SCY USA records ; FINA does not currently recognize records set in SCY, but does recognize/keep SCM records. USA college (including NCAA competition) and high school swimming are traditionally swum in SCY. Short-course meter competitions are also denoted by listing of
44-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Short course In competitive swimming , the term short course (abbreviated SC ) is used to identify a swimming pool that is 25 metres (27.34 yd) in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration currently recognized by World Aquatics and other swimming bodies for pool competition;
55-401: Is legal in all events provided that in butterfly and breaststroke both hands touch the wall simultaneously and immediately prior to the turn. See also Front crawl#Racing: turn and finish . Backwards flip turn , bucket turn , or suicide turn: a turn used in the individual medley when changing from backstroke to breaststroke. The turn involves a touch on the wall in backstroke, followed by
66-455: Is typically dropped into the water to begin the turn while the other comes past the head to complete the turnaround from the wall and then the swimmer will push off into a streamline. See also Butterfly stroke#Turn and finish . Tumble turn (also known as flip turn or turntable turn): the swimmer swims to the end wall, tucks, does a forward flip, and pushes off in streamline. While typically only done in backstroke and freestyle modalities, it
77-482: The world record will be quicker because of the leverage provided by push-off turns. Types [ edit ] Open turn: the swimmer touches the wall, with one or two hands depending on the requirement for the stroke, and brings legs to the wall in a tuck-like position, then turns on the wall to face the opposite end of the pool and pushes off in a streamline position to begin a new lap. Butterfly and breaststroke swimmers must touch with two hands, then one arm
88-436: The actual meter distance: "25m" (in swimming, a space is not placed between the number and the m for meter). Lists of world and other records are kept separately for short- and long-course events; the short-course time is usually faster than the long-course record for the same distance. This is assumed to be connected to the increased number of turns and hence wall push-offs, where swimmers can get powerful leverage from
99-561: The other/primary pool length being " long course ", where the pool is 50 meters in length. Swimming events at the Olympics and at the World Aquatics Championships are conducted in a long-course pool. The " World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) ", colloquially the "short-course worlds", are held in alternate years from the long-course worlds. Short-course competitions may be held in a longer pool into which
110-421: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Short Course . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short_Course&oldid=1252583497 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-665: The wall. This swimming-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Turn (swimming) [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Turn" swimming – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2010 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) [REDACTED] Flip turns in swimming. In swimming ,
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