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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Originally posted by IndyGal
Personally, I'd love unsolicited advice from the "power swimmers" at my pool. I'm usually too intimidated to introduce myself and ask for pointers. I don't think you guys know how hard it is for a novice to come in and stake out a lane next to someone who's in the middle of, say, 6 x 150 on 2:30 IMs.
Make sure you understand the rules and then try a free trial membership at a local health club. You'll get a lot of power swimmers and be forced to learn fast. Nothing to be intimidated about as you probably wont ever see any of those people again.
Originally posted by IndyGal
Personally, I'd love unsolicited advice from the "power swimmers" at my pool. I'm usually too intimidated to introduce myself and ask for pointers. I don't think you guys know how hard it is for a novice to come in and stake out a lane next to someone who's in the middle of, say, 6 x 150 on 2:30 IMs.
Make sure you understand the rules and then try a free trial membership at a local health club. You'll get a lot of power swimmers and be forced to learn fast. Nothing to be intimidated about as you probably wont ever see any of those people again.
