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 hate it when some one asks my advice and then tell me I'm wrong. Or won't do what I tell them to do because they don't see how it will help. I told a guy to do some catch up strokes because he wasn't swimming in the front quadrant. His hands were traveling too far past his hips. he said what i told him to do was wrong. he had never taken lessons and had taught himself to swim when he was in his mid 20s. He still weaves his way down a pool.
i hate it when some one asks my advice and then tell me I'm wrong. Or won't do what I tell them to do because they don't see how it will help. I told a guy to do some catch up strokes because he wasn't swimming in the front quadrant. His hands were traveling too far past his hips. he said what i told him to do was wrong. he had never taken lessons and had taught himself to swim when he was in his mid 20s. He still weaves his way down a pool.
