Terminologies

Question 1

pertains to water sports performed in water

Answer 1

Aquatics

Question 2

upward force of the water in a submersed object

Answer 2

buoyancy

Question 3

ability to hold breath, exchange air thru mouth and nose in the rhythmic manner.

Answer 3

Breath control

Question 4

area surrounding the pool

Answer 4

deck

Question 5

whipping motion with the legs, keeping your feet together

Answer 5

dolphin kick

Question 6

to be suspended in the water staying without support

Answer 6

float

Question 7

official name of the front crawl stroke used in competitive level.

Answer 7

Freestyle

Question 8

coasting along with a pause in your stroke.

Answer 8

glide

Question 9

place in the pool where swimmer trains, warms up and cools down or competes in a heat. Two lane lines or a lane line and a wall can make up a line

Answer 9

lane

Question 10

stretch of rope or wire, usually filled with round, plastic absorbers to minimize waves. Keep swimmers from swimming all over the place.

Answer 10

Lane lines

Question 11

Swimming down and back the length of the pool

Answer 11

Lap

Question 12

fundamental body position in swimming. done after a dive and off every turn.

Answer 12

Streamlines

Question 13

underwater somersaults used in backstroke and freestyle that allows swimmer to push off from the wall for the next length.

Answer 13

tumble turns

Question 14

place in the pool where a swimmer will start, finish and turn during a practice or meet. Where swimmers rest without interrupting someone.

Answer 14

Wall