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.
Unfortunate to be sure. I think with kids this happens because kids rarely think about anyone but there self so the thought that they are clogging the lane for the ones behind them just doesn't occur.
Well, that isn't true. But point taken.
I swim/practice with kids. The coach emphasizes that we all have to swim the entire 50m or 25 yards, not 45m or 24 yards. We have long course practices with 12 or more in each lane. Once we finish, we race to duck under and get to the middle of the lane so the next person can finish. Rarely does it happen that we can't touch the end of the lane. That did not happen with my previous age group team but thanks to this coach, we all get to get to the wall.
Unfortunate to be sure. I think with kids this happens because kids rarely think about anyone but there self so the thought that they are clogging the lane for the ones behind them just doesn't occur.
Well, that isn't true. But point taken.
I swim/practice with kids. The coach emphasizes that we all have to swim the entire 50m or 25 yards, not 45m or 24 yards. We have long course practices with 12 or more in each lane. Once we finish, we race to duck under and get to the middle of the lane so the next person can finish. Rarely does it happen that we can't touch the end of the lane. That did not happen with my previous age group team but thanks to this coach, we all get to get to the wall.
