Since I am sort of forced to swim alone rather than on a master's team this summer I often end up swimming after/before/next to someone who has horrible technique. I'm not nitpicking here, but I'm talking about dragging legs, barely getting arms out of the water, and nearly stopping to breathe on freestyle, or arms that kind of lazily flop down during the backstroke.
The question is, if you see someone doing something like that do you offer help with their stroke / or pointers?
Currently, I don't. But I'm somewhat torn. I don't want to sound arrogant and like I know everything, or to hurt someone's feelings, but I can't help thinking how much less energy these people would expend, and how much more success they would have swimming if they swam correctly. So, what do you do?
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People who slap their hands and arms down in the water during free. People attempting back with no concept of catch and pull. People attempting back moving so hesitantly - in fear of running into something.
But no one asks so... I try to avoid lanes alongside the water surface slappers and look away from backstrokers with flailing arms. I'm there to do my own thing.
Management informed me at one pool that lifeguards are encouraged to offer pointers to poor swimmers but I've never seen any of them do anything but roll their eyes.
People who slap their hands and arms down in the water during free. People attempting back with no concept of catch and pull. People attempting back moving so hesitantly - in fear of running into something.
But no one asks so... I try to avoid lanes alongside the water surface slappers and look away from backstrokers with flailing arms. I'm there to do my own thing.
Management informed me at one pool that lifeguards are encouraged to offer pointers to poor swimmers but I've never seen any of them do anything but roll their eyes.
