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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I am inclined to think most people are self-aware and want to do their own thing, but the other day I saw something and finally had to open my big mouth.
A guy had been working on backstroke for like 30 minutes -- not just swimming a few lengths of the pool here or there -- he had easily gone 500+ yards.
He was doing two things that can cause shoulder problems so I pointed them out. I emphasized my point was only to prevent injuries. Obviously the guy wasn't training in a competitive sense, but I didn't want to be a part of letting someone hurt themselves.
But I got to thinking about it afterwards...safety or not, there is a boundary that should be observed. I wouldn't tell a retail store employee how to wrangle shopping carts in the parking lot, and I wouldn't tell a waitress how to carry hot plates of food around a restaurant.
I am inclined to think most people are self-aware and want to do their own thing, but the other day I saw something and finally had to open my big mouth.
A guy had been working on backstroke for like 30 minutes -- not just swimming a few lengths of the pool here or there -- he had easily gone 500+ yards.
He was doing two things that can cause shoulder problems so I pointed them out. I emphasized my point was only to prevent injuries. Obviously the guy wasn't training in a competitive sense, but I didn't want to be a part of letting someone hurt themselves.
But I got to thinking about it afterwards...safety or not, there is a boundary that should be observed. I wouldn't tell a retail store employee how to wrangle shopping carts in the parking lot, and I wouldn't tell a waitress how to carry hot plates of food around a restaurant.
