West Hampton Sharks

How To Mark Your Swimmer

How to mark swimmer’s arm for meets

Before arriving at a meet, it is helpful for swimmers to know what events/strokes they will be swimming. I will provide this information at practice the day of the meet.

1. Use a sharpie on a dry arm, before applying sunscreen. If you need help doing this, volunteers/coaches can assist your swimmer during check-in at the mock meet.

2. Reference the illustration below to draw a table on your swimmer's arm for each event, heat, lane and stroke.

E= Event

H= Heat

L= Lane

S= Stroke

3. Use stroke abbreviations to keep it simple and easy to follow.

Individual Events:

BA - Back stroke

FR - Freestyle

BR - Breast stroke

BU - Butterfly

IM - Individual Medley (order: fly, back, breast and free)

Relay Events:

IM Relay (1-4 swimmers) order: back, breast, fly, free*

FR Relay (1-4 swimmers) all freestyle*

*Under stroke, for relay events it is helpful to put the order your swimmer is in the relay in parenthesis, for ex. - FR Relay (2)