Just wondering, when lane swimming and a faster swimmer can't for some reason go around a slower swimmer (narrow lane, busy lane, slower swimmer is in the middle of the lane, whatever), is it acceptable etiquette for the faster swimmer to pass underneath the slower swimmer? Will that freak out the slower swimmer?
Alan
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I WISH I could get some of the cads that swim with us occasionally to leave 3 seconds between us! Even if there are only a few people in the lane & the set is such that lapping/passing won't be an issue...there's a few that are still RIGHTTHERE when I'm turning. My only go-to has become the middle-of-the-lane-flipturn that creates a bit of a brushback (like the inside pitch in baseball for the plate crowders)....it only marginally works. I get it when the lane is packed or when lapping might be an issue....but drafting is not an artform.
I was on deck watching a couple of the triathletes earlier this week & made them leave a few seconds in between themselves. Magically their sets of 50's got tougher. Made one guy a little snippy. I said "it's swim practice, not drafting practice!"
:applaud: for the use of the word cads (great word, underutilized in the US)
:applaud: for the brushback/inside pitch analogy
:applaud: for the snippy rejoinder (it would have come to me too late)
I have to admit that while I'd love to have real coached workouts, it is nice only have to (at worst) split a lane.
I WISH I could get some of the cads that swim with us occasionally to leave 3 seconds between us! Even if there are only a few people in the lane & the set is such that lapping/passing won't be an issue...there's a few that are still RIGHTTHERE when I'm turning. My only go-to has become the middle-of-the-lane-flipturn that creates a bit of a brushback (like the inside pitch in baseball for the plate crowders)....it only marginally works. I get it when the lane is packed or when lapping might be an issue....but drafting is not an artform.
I was on deck watching a couple of the triathletes earlier this week & made them leave a few seconds in between themselves. Magically their sets of 50's got tougher. Made one guy a little snippy. I said "it's swim practice, not drafting practice!"
:applaud: for the use of the word cads (great word, underutilized in the US)
:applaud: for the brushback/inside pitch analogy
:applaud: for the snippy rejoinder (it would have come to me too late)
I have to admit that while I'd love to have real coached workouts, it is nice only have to (at worst) split a lane.
