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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I don't generally, but when I do I strike up a conversation about swimming and find something positive to say about the stroke. That usually evolves into a discussion about technique. Sometimes you gotta go down the slide to get into the pool.
I don't generally, but when I do I strike up a conversation about swimming and find something positive to say about the stroke. That usually evolves into a discussion about technique. Sometimes you gotta go down the slide to get into the pool.
