Time Standards | Trident Aquatics (2024)

FAQs

What does a aaaa swim time mean? ›

USA Motivational Times. AAAA: Top 2% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. AAA: Top 6% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. AA: Top 8% of swimmers in your age group, nationally. A: Top 15% of swimmers in your age group, nationally.

B - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 55% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance. C - This standard is for all swimmers with times below the "B" standard.

A2 sessions are swum with a target pulse of 160-170 bpm with rests of between 15 and 30 seconds: for example, 16 x 100m off 1 minute 45 seconds. We work out the repeat times for these from your average 100m pace during the T20 tests you swim at the beginning of term (there is method in our madness!).

S12 is for swimmers with a visual impairment. They have a restricted field of view and some cannot see the black line on the bottom of the pool. They can see the end of lane from one metre away.

The 120-degree rule is a formula that adds together the air and water temperatures to determine when thermal protection is required. It assumes that if the total is above 120 F, that no dry- or wetsuit is needed.

Allowing a lifeguard 10 seconds to recognize an aquatic emergency and another 20 seconds to preform a rescue and begin care.

BB (B Cut) Is a classification for a swimmer or a swim. National Age Group Time Standard BB time is faster than the B time standard and slower than the A time standard. B-Meet A swim meet that requires swimmers to have previously swam an A time standard in events they wish to enter.

JO (Junior Olympic): The JO meet standard is the qualifying time standard for the JO meets that are offered in Pacific in March, July, and December. There is no 8/under JO time standard. To qualify for JO, a 8/under swimmer must make the 10/under cut.

How to get faster at swimming? ›

You need a strong kick that fits within your stroke, a long, powerful, fast pull, a good dive, be good underwater, have a fast turn, be able to time the glide and then kick underwater from both dive and turn and control when you choose to breathe. Do all that and you can probably swim a fifty in 25 seconds.

LCM (Long Course Meters) - A 50 meter pool. In the PVS Searchable Database, a swimmer? s event times can be selected for either Yards, SCM (Short Course Meters), or LCM (Long Course Meters).

OT: Official Time. The swimmers event time recorded to one hundredth of a second (. 01).

To compete in one of the SCS Championship meets the swimmer must have achieved the meet qualifying time for event, gender, age-group. These meets are: • WAG – Winter Age Group SCY: usually held in December.

S4, SB3, SM4 are disability swimming classifications used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability. Swimmers in this class have coordination problems affecting all four of their limbs, or have movement in their arms, some trunk function and no leg function.

You are in Level 4 – Stroke Improvement if you can: Swim front crawl with rotary breathing. Demonstrate backstroke, elementary backstroke & breastroke. Enter water by jumping from the side. Dive from sitting and kneeling position.

S5, SB4, SM5 are disability swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. The class includes people with a moderate level of disability, and includes people with full use of their arms and hands, but limited to no use of their trunk and legs.