TABLE 3.

The swimmers’ experience during collective unit 32.

Swimmers	The feeling of being and acting with each other	Unit of meaningful action (UMA)	Involvement (I)	Perception (P)
S1	7	Backs up to be in the circle	To participate in forming a circle with the other swimmers	Aligned with the swimmer opposite her
S2	2	Tells self that they’re too spread out just before turning around	To be unable to adjust	Sees swimmers on the side she’s on that she shouldn’t be able to see
S3	5	Realizes that they’re not at all together when she turns around	To be unable to adjust	Swimmers next to her
S4	7	Has the impression that all is correctly positioned behind her	To line up to be in the circle	The positions of S7 and S10
		Realizes that it’s not the case when she turns	To turn around to perform the figure	The swimmers’ positions
S5	4	Turns around and perceives that they are too far apart to be in formation	To look at the swimmer at the end and be at the right distance from the nearby swimmers	Alignment and distance
S6	7	Backs up to be in the circle	To try to line up and be at the right distance	The alignment in a square
S7	3	Backs up to be in the circle	To be aligned with S2 and the right distance from the nearby swimmers	Alignment and distance with the swimmers
		Realizes that they’re not in a circle when she turns around	To be unable to adjust	Poor alignments
S8	7	Gets adjusted with her partner	To adjust with S1	S1
S9	7	Gets a good feeling about the figure being performed	To line up with the opposite swimmer and manage the distance with the other two swimmers	Alignment and distance with the swimmers
S10	4	Backs up to be in formation	To get between S5 and S8 and stay attentive to the alignment with S3	Positions of S3, S5 and S8
		Turns and sees the catastrophe	To be unable to adjust	Poor alignments