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?
This is an interesting topic, I like to hear how everyone feels about this subject.
If I'm in a locker room or bay alone I do little to nothing to protect my modesty (or lack there-of). If there are teen-agers or kids younger I try to cover as much as possible with my towel. I don't go to extreme lengths but I cover as much as I reasonably can without being a contortionist. I have never felt like the teens pay any attention at all. I will say that children 5 and younger tend to stand and stare in locker rooms. I teach at a kindergarten-5th grade elementary school and I would feel very awkward if a kindergartner got a glimpse of me in the buff. :angel:
When I was a kid on age-group teams (late 60's - mid=70's) we were pretty uninhibited in the locker-room so I;m always surprised to see how overly modest today's kids are...it cracks me up. That said, since I work and work-out in the town where I live, I don't go out of my way to cover up when I'm changing at the Y, but I do stay on the alert since I really, really, really don't want to come face to face with a student (I teach high school) when I'm in the buff.
The Y has an "18 and over only" policy in the Women's locker room, so it would only be seniors I'd run into, but still....turning 18 isn't all scratch tickets and cigarettes - sometimes you see your English teacher in your locker room...ewwwwww!
This is an interesting topic, I like to hear how everyone feels about this subject.
If I'm in a locker room or bay alone I do little to nothing to protect my modesty (or lack there-of). If there are teen-agers or kids younger I try to cover as much as possible with my towel. I don't go to extreme lengths but I cover as much as I reasonably can without being a contortionist. I have never felt like the teens pay any attention at all. I will say that children 5 and younger tend to stand and stare in locker rooms. I teach at a kindergarten-5th grade elementary school and I would feel very awkward if a kindergartner got a glimpse of me in the buff. :angel:
When I was a kid on age-group teams (late 60's - mid=70's) we were pretty uninhibited in the locker-room so I;m always surprised to see how overly modest today's kids are...it cracks me up. That said, since I work and work-out in the town where I live, I don't go out of my way to cover up when I'm changing at the Y, but I do stay on the alert since I really, really, really don't want to come face to face with a student (I teach high school) when I'm in the buff.
The Y has an "18 and over only" policy in the Women's locker room, so it would only be seniors I'd run into, but still....turning 18 isn't all scratch tickets and cigarettes - sometimes you see your English teacher in your locker room...ewwwwww!
