Just wondering from you more experienced public pool swimmers what the general social rules are for swimming in the roped off lap lanes?
I've tried doing so once with kickboard, but found myself going quite slow (and also needing to rest more) and decided to not use them until I felt I had the speed and stamina to not slow the lane down.
Our pool uses circular lane swimming, where a person can swim up the sides (either left or right) of a lane and then swim down the middle of it when going back.
Depending on the day, the lanes can either be completely open or have as many as 4 people in them.
Should a person requiring significant rest between lap cycles get out of the pool during that time? Should a slower person use the open pool area instead of lanes? What type of lap lane etiquette have you guys found most common in public pools?
He may not be a knucklehead. Maybe he’s just Swimming While Obvious.
People with SWO syndrome will:
1) Dive into the pool in the section clearly marked No Diving
2) Enter the pool with great splashing about 2 feet from your head, as you approach the wall
3) Choose to swim in your lane instead of choosing one of many empty lanes available
4) Dive in the fast lane and swim slow or the slow lane and swim fast
5) While circle swimming, push off just before you flip turn on a hard swim, then they proceed to do slow breaststroke
6) While swimming backstroke they will serpentine (apparently to avoid torpedoes) and proceed to pinball off every other swimmer in the lake
7) Also while swimming backstroke they will “accidentally” reach under lane ropes and grope swimmers in adjoining lanes
8) In kick sets put on fins, go 3 seconds behind you and proceed to run over your feet and get halfway into your swimsuit before either running you down completely or moving over or slowing down momentarily to try this ramming maneuver once again
9) Take your kickboard, pullbuoy, fins and other equipment use them for a while then deposit them at the other end of the pool or in the lost and found.
10) Listen to the coaches instructions, or not, then do something completely different.
11) Arrive at practice 30 minutes late and proceed to totally disrupt FlyStorm’s workout
He may not be a knucklehead. Maybe he’s just Swimming While Obvious.
People with SWO syndrome will:
1) Dive into the pool in the section clearly marked No Diving
2) Enter the pool with great splashing about 2 feet from your head, as you approach the wall
3) Choose to swim in your lane instead of choosing one of many empty lanes available
4) Dive in the fast lane and swim slow or the slow lane and swim fast
5) While circle swimming, push off just before you flip turn on a hard swim, then they proceed to do slow breaststroke
6) While swimming backstroke they will serpentine (apparently to avoid torpedoes) and proceed to pinball off every other swimmer in the lake
7) Also while swimming backstroke they will “accidentally” reach under lane ropes and grope swimmers in adjoining lanes
8) In kick sets put on fins, go 3 seconds behind you and proceed to run over your feet and get halfway into your swimsuit before either running you down completely or moving over or slowing down momentarily to try this ramming maneuver once again
9) Take your kickboard, pullbuoy, fins and other equipment use them for a while then deposit them at the other end of the pool or in the lost and found.
10) Listen to the coaches instructions, or not, then do something completely different.
11) Arrive at practice 30 minutes late and proceed to totally disrupt FlyStorm’s workout
