Boise Racquet and Swim Club

Arm marking is how you can help your swimmer know when it's their time to swim.

You should mark your swimmers arm to reflect which event, heat, lane, and relay they are racing. This is used to help remind the swimmer of their events and the parent volunteers when getting your swimmer to the clerk of course. Use the Heat Sheet to find and highlight your child's events.

Mark the arm as illustrated below in the picture in the order of Event/Heat/Lane/Relay Leg. Write on clean dry skin with no sunscreen. It is best to do this the night before in order to minimize sunscreen washing it away. 

Marking up your Swimmer

• Meet events are standard for all dual meets. An event might be eliminated due to time constraints or combining of heats and age groups.
• Find your child’s race information on the Event Reports/Heat Sheets.
• Label your swimmers with a black sharpie with their race details.
• On their forearm, mark their event information: (See further below for Stroke labels)

(E = event, H = heat, L = lane). For relays, add a slash followed by the position on the relay after the lane# (1, 2, 3 or 4)

Please write clearly and legibly on your child's LEFT arm as illustrated in the picture below.

OPTIONAL: If you'd like to note the stroke do so after the lane designation (shown on the arm above). However, it can be difficult to fit legibly on smaller arms, 9-10's & 8U's .

• FR = Freestyle
• BA = Back Stroke
• BR = Breast Stroke
• FLY = Butterfly
• IM = Individual Medley
• FRR = Free Relay (All swimmers swim freestyle)
• For Medley Relay put the actual stroke (each swimmer swims a different stroke: 1st = back, 2nd=breast, 3rd=fly, 4th=free)

This will designate the relay leg the child is swimming.

• 1/1 = Lane 1, first relay leg
• 4/2 = Lane 4, 2nd relay leg **If the Medley Relay this will be Breast Stroke

Arm marking for Championships varies for each day. Please refer to the Championship schedules for both Friday and Saturday.