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.
I hate it when people do that to me so whenever I'm up front I always scoot to the side as soon as i touch the wall. However, even though i get out of the way most people just finish a yard or two out anyways.
Me too! It's called being considerate and mindful of others.
We get some people who are fairly fast but only come to practice 2 or 3 times a month. They like to go first and be fast but I guess they think the cross on the bottom is the finish line. They'd be better off to slow down and do the workout from wall to wall.
I usually move to another lane mid-workout when these type people show up in my lane. We don't have an on-deck coach to take care of these issues and people get annoyed with me when I speak up.
I hate it when people do that to me so whenever I'm up front I always scoot to the side as soon as i touch the wall. However, even though i get out of the way most people just finish a yard or two out anyways.
Me too! It's called being considerate and mindful of others.
We get some people who are fairly fast but only come to practice 2 or 3 times a month. They like to go first and be fast but I guess they think the cross on the bottom is the finish line. They'd be better off to slow down and do the workout from wall to wall.
I usually move to another lane mid-workout when these type people show up in my lane. We don't have an on-deck coach to take care of these issues and people get annoyed with me when I speak up.
