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.
All swimmers should be required to read this and sign the dotted line at the bottom of the page! :)
My USA Swimming club does make all swimmers sign a code of conduct. One of the bullet points is that swimmers will "Not impede or interfere with another swimmers training."
Masters teams and swimmers tend to be a little more laissez faire, but there's really no excuse for poor etiquette.
All swimmers should be required to read this and sign the dotted line at the bottom of the page! :)
My USA Swimming club does make all swimmers sign a code of conduct. One of the bullet points is that swimmers will "Not impede or interfere with another swimmers training."
Masters teams and swimmers tend to be a little more laissez faire, but there's really no excuse for poor etiquette.
