I swim lots and lots of long distance and often find myself drifting off in thought while staring at the little tiles on the bottom of the pool. Doing sets of 200s or 300s tends not to be a problem...it's the 500 and 1000 yds that I loose concentration. When I start concentrating on technique is when I'm most likely to forget what lap I was on! Is there a gizmo out there to help me out? I envision something I can hang on the wall that would advance with my flipturn. Does anyone have any tricks to help them out with the counting of laps? Thanks!
There is a product out there that fits on your finger, like a ring, and every time you want to count (whether by lengths, 50's, 100's, whatever) you reach over with your thumb and it records the count. I don't think you'd be able to read it while you're swimming, but at least you could see if you'd swum as many as you thought you had when you stopped. I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it advertised in Kast-a-way's catalog.
There is a product out there that fits on your finger, like a ring, and every time you want to count (whether by lengths, 50's, 100's, whatever) you reach over with your thumb and it records the count. I don't think you'd be able to read it while you're swimming, but at least you could see if you'd swum as many as you thought you had when you stopped. I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it advertised in Kast-a-way's catalog.
