Swimming on GameSpeed360

9 evaluation traits authored for swimming, each with the observable behaviours it is scored on. 8 stroke options, 10 practice categories, and every screen speaking swimming: a fixture is a meet and it is divided into heats.

The 9 traits a swimmer is rated on

Each is scored 1–10. The behaviours listed are what a coach is actually looking at — they print on the report so a family can read what the number meant.

  1. 01

    Stroke Technique

    110 · technical

    Body position, arm mechanics, kick, breathing, timing, coordination, and efficiency.

  2. 02

    Starts

    110 · technical

    Reaction time, dive mechanics, entry angle, underwater phase, breakout, and ability to establish speed immediately.

  3. 03

    Turns

    110 · technical

    Approach speed, timing, wall contact, rotation, push-off, streamline, and breakout.

  4. 04

    Underwaters

    110 · technical

    Streamline, dolphin kick, distance underwater, speed, body position, and breakout timing.

  5. 05

    Pacing

    110 · tactical

    Ability to manage race effort, maintain target splits, adjust strategy, and finish strongly.

  6. 06

    Speed

    110 · physical

    Sprint velocity, stroke rate, power, acceleration, and ability to produce speed efficiently.

  7. 07

    Endurance

    110 · physical

    Ability to sustain technique and speed over longer distances and recover between events.

  8. 08

    Race Strategy

    110 · tactical

    Understanding event demands, competitors, pacing, positioning, and tactical adjustments.

  9. 09

    Mental Toughness

    110 · mental

    Focus, preparation, resilience, confidence, response to poor performances, and ability to execute under pressure.

One trait set for the whole squad

Every swimmer in swimming is rated on the same 9 traits above, whatever their stroke. You can still edit the trait set for your own program.

Stroke options

This sport calls the field “Stroke”, and it stays free text — these are the offered values, not a limit.

  • Freestyle
  • Backstroke
  • Breaststroke
  • Butterfly
  • IM
  • Distance
  • Sprint
  • Relay

What we call things

A fixture
Meet
A period
Heat (1 per meet)
The group
Squad
One of them
Swimmer
Their number
Lane
The cycle
Season

Practice categories

Practice-plan blocks come pre-categorised for swimming, each with its own colour on the session timeline.

  • Warmup / Activation
  • Technique / Drills
  • Kick Set
  • Pull Set
  • Sprint Set
  • Distance Set
  • Starts & Turns
  • Race Pace
  • Dryland / Strength
  • Cooldown

Scheduled event kinds

  • Practice
  • Meet
  • Invitational
  • Time Trial
  • Meeting

What swimming actually gets

Some modules are built on basketball-shaped data and are not offered in other sports. We would rather say so here than let you find out after you sign up.

  • Athlete evaluations

    9 authored traits

  • Progress reports for families

    written in swimming language

  • Practice plans

    10 categories

  • Schedule and RSVPs

    5 event kinds

  • Attendance

    per session, with guardian visibility

  • Announcements and polls

    team communication

  • Box-score stats

    not available for this sport yet

  • Shot chart

    not available for this sport yet

  • Playbook and sequences

    not available for this sport yet

  • Scouting reports

    not available for this sport yet

  • Prospect pipeline

    not available for this sport yet

You know swimming better than we do

A trait you would cut, one we are missing, or wording that would not survive a conversation with a parent — tell us and we will sharpen it.

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