Ok, usually our masters team has few enough swimmers that we can split the lanes and not have to circle swim.. however, there are times when attendance is higher than normal and we do have to circle swim. (personally I think it's fun!)
anyway..
I am not sure what the proper etiquette for the turns are. Are you supposed to hit the wall on the right side of the lane and push off towards the opposite (return side), or while you're swimming into the wall do you scootch over to the left, flip and push off relatively straight?
I notice that I have some trouble with the angles coming into and out of the wall when circle swimming and so far have managed but would like to figure out the proper way to do this..
any insight?
thanks.
J.
the general concept with turn etiquette is
STAY OUT OF THE WAY
I agree with the goodsmith, you want to be aware of where you are relative to others in your lane. You want to consider people in front of you and people behind you. Try not to run into those in front of you as they come off the wall and those behind you as you come off the wall.
If there's no one in front of you as you go into turn move over to the middle or the far side of the lane.
Also pay attention to where people are and what stroke they are swimming to AVOID HAND SMACKING. You may need to stay under a little longer off a pushoff or break stroke in fly in you think you're going to hit someone
what's also interesting is when people do turns they either roll to the right or to the left and they it that way every time.
if you want to feel funny try doing turns where you roll to the side you never roll to. Let me know how it goes
there's also WALL etiquette, and the general concept is
if you're waiting on the wall and others in your lane are still swimming,
STAY OUT OF THE WAY
move the the side.
Ande
the general concept with turn etiquette is
STAY OUT OF THE WAY
I agree with the goodsmith, you want to be aware of where you are relative to others in your lane. You want to consider people in front of you and people behind you. Try not to run into those in front of you as they come off the wall and those behind you as you come off the wall.
If there's no one in front of you as you go into turn move over to the middle or the far side of the lane.
Also pay attention to where people are and what stroke they are swimming to AVOID HAND SMACKING. You may need to stay under a little longer off a pushoff or break stroke in fly in you think you're going to hit someone
what's also interesting is when people do turns they either roll to the right or to the left and they it that way every time.
if you want to feel funny try doing turns where you roll to the side you never roll to. Let me know how it goes
there's also WALL etiquette, and the general concept is
if you're waiting on the wall and others in your lane are still swimming,
STAY OUT OF THE WAY
move the the side.
Ande
