Does anyone know of a lightweight glove that can be worn while swimming? Something like thin cotton gloves, but a material that won't absorb water and be difficult to remove.
When sharing a lane with someone who takes up a lot of room I try to stay close to the lane line out of self-preservation. Occasionally I hit my knuckles on the line, so I usually have a few skinned spots on my hands. I figured gloves might help. So would swimming in a straighter line, but that gets messed up by the other guy's wake.;)
Does anybody else run into this problem?
Tom
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I'm sticking a couple pairs of examining gloves in the swim bag to follow up on Doug's suggestion, if the pool's cool enough for me to wear them. One day last week it hit 90 degrees F :mad:
Concentrating on form seems to help. I think those times when I'm most bothered by sharing a lane coincide with the times when I'm too tired to keep good form, funny thing, eh? Concentrating on correct recovery also seems to help the elbow pain I get sometimes.
But I'll definitely give the gloves a try on backstroke.
Tom
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I'm sticking a couple pairs of examining gloves in the swim bag to follow up on Doug's suggestion, if the pool's cool enough for me to wear them. One day last week it hit 90 degrees F :mad:
Concentrating on form seems to help. I think those times when I'm most bothered by sharing a lane coincide with the times when I'm too tired to keep good form, funny thing, eh? Concentrating on correct recovery also seems to help the elbow pain I get sometimes.
But I'll definitely give the gloves a try on backstroke.
Tom
