Unsolicited Advice

Former Member
Former Member
Do you offer unsolicited advice to other swimmers at the pool? Fix their form? Give workout suggestions? Etc. Or do you keep your mouth shut?
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  • As hard as is sometimes seems, I think it's better just to watch and cringe on the inside as opposed to offering advice. More times than not, I don't know what a persons goals are, and I've also been on the receiving end of unsolicited advice, some that was useful, some that was pretty far off base, and no matter how good the intentions were, I couldn't help but have a slight knee-jerk reaction of "just who does he/she think they are." Besides, I'm pretty much breathing too hard to offer anything other than raspy grunts, and that would pretty much freak out even the most easy-going person I'd guess. :banana:
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  • As hard as is sometimes seems, I think it's better just to watch and cringe on the inside as opposed to offering advice. More times than not, I don't know what a persons goals are, and I've also been on the receiving end of unsolicited advice, some that was useful, some that was pretty far off base, and no matter how good the intentions were, I couldn't help but have a slight knee-jerk reaction of "just who does he/she think they are." Besides, I'm pretty much breathing too hard to offer anything other than raspy grunts, and that would pretty much freak out even the most easy-going person I'd guess. :banana:
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