I'm a board member for our swim club.
Last nite there was mention of a complaint from a senior high school swimmer who was uncomfortable with using a locker room with the adult master swimmers. We practice at the same time a few days out of the week.
This became an bigger issue last nite because we have a desire to run USA swimming at the same time as a few masters sessions in the evening and our coach voiced concern about everyone using the locker room at the same time and kids being uncomfortable.
Does your club run practices at the same time?
Have you run into issues like this?
How did you handle/manage locker room time?
I train with age groupers and there are a couple instances where other masters swimmers train with us as well. As far as I know, there have never been any complaints. Then again, I don't walk around naked...
The kids definitely do things differently. Most (masters) swimmers I know remove their suit while showering to rinse it out. The kids never do this. They just don't walk around the locker room naked like masters swimmers seem to have little problem with.
This is the prevailing theme of changing every place I have been. I am part of the next generation that stays covered up and prefers others do as well. My deck changing technique is how I change in a locker room. I don't really care if people want to walk around naked, but I do think it's a little bit weird. In this day and age, swimsuits last a long time and washing them out doesn't do anything anyways. And can't everyone wash those hard to get places another time? :afraid:
To me, it makes no difference if a guy exposes himself on the street or in a locker room...I don't care to see it either way.
I agree that the kid should just man up.
I train with age groupers and there are a couple instances where other masters swimmers train with us as well. As far as I know, there have never been any complaints. Then again, I don't walk around naked...
The kids definitely do things differently. Most (masters) swimmers I know remove their suit while showering to rinse it out. The kids never do this. They just don't walk around the locker room naked like masters swimmers seem to have little problem with.
This is the prevailing theme of changing every place I have been. I am part of the next generation that stays covered up and prefers others do as well. My deck changing technique is how I change in a locker room. I don't really care if people want to walk around naked, but I do think it's a little bit weird. In this day and age, swimsuits last a long time and washing them out doesn't do anything anyways. And can't everyone wash those hard to get places another time? :afraid:
To me, it makes no difference if a guy exposes himself on the street or in a locker room...I don't care to see it either way.
I agree that the kid should just man up.
