For those of you with fewer than 4 people in a lane at workout, congratulations, this rant does not apply to you. I hope.
For the rest of us, especially those who regularly have to share with 8 or more per lane, does your coach keep the wall cleared so everyone has an opportunity to finish swimming? Or does the wall get cluttered with the first two or three people who think it is necessary to hold onto the gutter with both hands and have both feet on the ledge? And are oblivious to the idea that there may be other swimmers behind them that want to get a time for the full distance of the pool? Yeah, me too.
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I'm lucky as I rarely swim with 1 or 2 other people,but this scenario drives me nuts when I see it happen at my kids practice.They"ve complained to the coach that they hardly ever finish to the wall,but there is rarely any correction.So both train really hard to swim 45,95 and 195 Y events,but get screwed when it comes to the finish,which I believe is as important as a good start.
I'm lucky as I rarely swim with 1 or 2 other people,but this scenario drives me nuts when I see it happen at my kids practice.They"ve complained to the coach that they hardly ever finish to the wall,but there is rarely any correction.So both train really hard to swim 45,95 and 195 Y events,but get screwed when it comes to the finish,which I believe is as important as a good start.
