Whack!

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Gary P — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:45:38 GMT

I find that if you never swim fly, you never whack people while doing fly. :bolt:

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knelson — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:00:41 GMT

Not a flyer, and not a Brit, but I wonder if the British way of circling (cw in one lane, ccw in the next, so I am told) would lessen the chances of a pair of hands/heads whacking each other... I think it would definitely help, but I tend to nail people swimming in my own lane more than those in adjacent lanes.

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smontanaro — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:37:35 GMT

Not a flyer, and not a Brit, but I wonder if the British way of circling (cw in one lane, ccw in the next, so I am told) would lessen the chances of a pair of hands/heads whacking each other...

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knelson — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:25:30 GMT

Yes, I do the usual tricks: kick only when another swimming is approaching or single arm stroke, but eventually you're still going to have a mental lapse or not see someone in the next lane and smack them.

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Bill Sive — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 05:52:38 GMT

I am usually the slower swimmer, however, when I swim fly in a lane that I am sharing, I do a small glide until we pass each other. Seems to do the trick for me.

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Bobinator — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 05:38:23 GMT

I hate swimming fly in a lane with other people and normally only do 25's if I have to. Like others have said, I do a 1 arm stroke while we pass and launch back to regular fly after. I think we lose fat deposits in our hands as we age. My hands/wrists bruise and blood vessels pop whenever I get whacked these days. I've even bled a couple times. Maybe someone needs to design padded swim gloves.

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Former Member — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 14:37:38 GMT

The worst is when you hit a fingernail hard against the lane line. It can hurt for up to a week. It is for that reason I don't swim fly unless I have a lane to myself. But if I have absolutely no choice, I break into one arm fly as I pass someone coming in the opposite direction. It is not ideal and completely throws my rhythm out and makes it twice as difficult because I have to regain that rhythm in someone elses wake, but it sure beats whacking your hand into somebody's head or jamming it into the lane line.

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trexleradam — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:41:26 GMT

If you time when people are coming up on the opposing side you can usually miss them by slowing down a stroke without breaking into one arm fly.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:13:39 GMT

If you never swim more than a 25 straight fly in workout, you reduce your risk of this happening greatly.:D

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imbacktoit — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 01:51:35 GMT

I swim fly down the middle of the lane & go one-armed while passing someone. But I agree, doing 25's is ideal since you don't have to worry about other traffic. I keep my nails trimmed short. Even so, there is always body contact during workouts; I tend to hit other people the most when I'm doing backstroke. My outsweep sweeps the swimmer in the next lane over! It's all a part of the workout experience.