has anyone encountered snobs in the pool?i know i have,they come in..say half an hour after you start swimming..then decide that they have your lane..you know they swim directly in your path even though you have swam linearly for 1500metres +...try keeping your path and you end up colliding...sometimes they appologise...sometimes they ignore..i have to change lanes....
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Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I'm scared one day I'm going to be doing a flip turn and run right into one.
Originally posted by knelson
You're scared of that? I'd say it would send the kid in question a strong message. This seems to be the only thing that works.
Actually, SWinkleblech is right to be scared!
While I've never collided with a kid who swam into my lane, I did collide with an adult once who decided to cut across my lane to exit the pool just as I was starting a backstroke test set. Apparently when he saw me put on my goggles and punch a button on my watch, he decided that I was going to be hanging there on the gutter for awhile, and it was okay for him to cut across my lane without even warning me.
I wasn't too upset - until I tried to redo the test set and found that I couldn't extend my arm without excruciating pain. It was a couple of months before I could do freestyle again, and even longer before I could do backstroke.
Bob
Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I'm scared one day I'm going to be doing a flip turn and run right into one.
Originally posted by knelson
You're scared of that? I'd say it would send the kid in question a strong message. This seems to be the only thing that works.
Actually, SWinkleblech is right to be scared!
While I've never collided with a kid who swam into my lane, I did collide with an adult once who decided to cut across my lane to exit the pool just as I was starting a backstroke test set. Apparently when he saw me put on my goggles and punch a button on my watch, he decided that I was going to be hanging there on the gutter for awhile, and it was okay for him to cut across my lane without even warning me.
I wasn't too upset - until I tried to redo the test set and found that I couldn't extend my arm without excruciating pain. It was a couple of months before I could do freestyle again, and even longer before I could do backstroke.
Bob
