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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What do you call a round in swimming?
Today, I was swimming in the pool and started a small talk with another lady.
Then I wanted to explain something and to say that in the begining, it's difficult to swim one pool (that's the way you say it in Hebrew and the meaning is to swim from one side to the other, and also not back and forth).
And then, I didn't know which word to use. Now I was trying to get the answer on google and the web, and I saw that they are using the word round.
My question is, when you use the word round you mean only from one side of the pool to the other, or also the coming back from the other side?
Thanks very much for your answer.
Galia
Then I wanted to explain something and to say that in the begining, it's difficult to swim one pool (that's the way you say it in Hebrew and the meaning is to swim from one side to the other, and also not back and forth).
And then, I didn't know which word to use. Now I was trying to get the answer on google and the web, and I saw that they are using the word round.
My question is, when you use the word round you mean only from one side of the pool to the other, or also the coming back from the other side?
Thanks very much for your answer.
Galia
Top answer
Hi, Pools are usually rectangles. If you swim from one end to the other, you have swum a length . If you then swim back, you have swum two lengths, or one lap.
- Hi, Pools are usually rectangles.
- If you swim from one end to the other, you have swum a length .
- If you then swim back, you have swum two lengths, or one lap.
- If you swim the short distance from one side to the other and then back, you have swum two widths .
- Clive
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Hi,
Pools are usually rectangles.
If you swim from one end to the other, you have swum a length. If you then swim back, you have swum two lengths, or one lap.
If you swim the short distance from one side to the other and then back, you have swum two widths.
Clive
Pools are usually rectangles.
If you swim from one end to the other, you have swum a length. If you then swim back, you have swum two lengths, or one lap.
If you swim the short distance from one side to the other and then back, you have swum two widths.
Clive
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