Had a great time at the Atlanta Short Course Nationals event, however what was up with the lack of pool etiquette in the warm-up/down pools? I have competed in triathlons and open water swims and this event by far was the most dangerous swim experience in terms of etiquette. I spoke with many swimmers who felt the same.
In the warm-up/warm-down pools, I had someone actually jump in as aggressively as they could on top of me, pushing me under. The one time I tried to warm-up in the competition pool during a break, I was pushed in the head and told "Move" & when it was completely crowded with no where to go, I had someone pull my leg, push on my lower back, push me under the water and then they actually swam over top of me to get in front, which was pointless as everyone was touching? Really? I was also very disappointed to hear that younger swimmers were not only crowding the 65+ designated lanes, but were actually just as dangerous and argumentative with the older swimmers. Really?
Perhaps we need a revised USMS Pool etiquette for Nationals and similar type events in addition to the following,
www.usms.org/.../pooletiquette
I don't see this one going over very well. Some people like to do a long swim before their race, others none, some a very short swim. Knowing myself and some other people, we wouldn't listen very well to someone telling us when to warm-up or get out for our races.
Well - I suppose not necessarily telling you that you have to stay in for a certain time - but if you do say "I'm warming up for event 33" You could at least have the current event/heat# + estimated time til next event posted so the swimmers could use their own judgement.
However - it would be best if someone was at least organizing the faster swimmers in faster lanes and vice versa. Some of us can't sprint at the speed some of you can warm up at (looks at myself)
I don't see this one going over very well. Some people like to do a long swim before their race, others none, some a very short swim. Knowing myself and some other people, we wouldn't listen very well to someone telling us when to warm-up or get out for our races.
Well - I suppose not necessarily telling you that you have to stay in for a certain time - but if you do say "I'm warming up for event 33" You could at least have the current event/heat# + estimated time til next event posted so the swimmers could use their own judgement.
However - it would be best if someone was at least organizing the faster swimmers in faster lanes and vice versa. Some of us can't sprint at the speed some of you can warm up at (looks at myself)
