Hi everyone...okay, for my first post I have an etiquette question...I just joined a Master's team a month ago, so I'm pretty new to all of this.
My question is about passing people during practice. I know that theoretically, the standard procedure is to tap the person's feet to let them know you want to pass, and then they're supposed to stop and "pull over" at the next wall to let you get ahead. But do any of you actually do this a lot during practice? Do the people you pass let you do so without a problem, or do they get mad?
Maybe this doesn't sound like a big deal at all and it seems silly that I'm concerned, but I haven't seen anyone even attempt to pass someone else during our practices, and so I'm afraid it would be rude. Plus, some people I swim with seem like they'd get offended, since they're pretty competitive. But last night, I was getting kind of frustrated because I was swimming behind someone who was slower than me, and I felt like I could go so much faster...is the appropriate thing to do to just suck it up and enjoy the "break", or attempt to pass?
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Yeah...she really shouldn't have done that. I think if anyone had an outburst like that during our team practices my coach would get just a little bit angry.
It may not feel good to be passed...I know that when I was first swimming with the girls on my team my ego took a huge hit by being passed a lot. I was only lapped by one or two people...but the passing was hard.
After comming back from a summer of swimming in health clubs where I was easily one of the faster swimmers...getting passed during my university practices was hard.
I imagine that at one point in time she was a pretty fast swimmer and that for whatever reason has lost some of her fitness. Getting passed by someone she's not used to swimming with was probably a blow to her ego that trigged the outburst. Still doesn't justify it though...
Yeah...she really shouldn't have done that. I think if anyone had an outburst like that during our team practices my coach would get just a little bit angry.
It may not feel good to be passed...I know that when I was first swimming with the girls on my team my ego took a huge hit by being passed a lot. I was only lapped by one or two people...but the passing was hard.
After comming back from a summer of swimming in health clubs where I was easily one of the faster swimmers...getting passed during my university practices was hard.
I imagine that at one point in time she was a pretty fast swimmer and that for whatever reason has lost some of her fitness. Getting passed by someone she's not used to swimming with was probably a blow to her ego that trigged the outburst. Still doesn't justify it though...
