here you go, the thread you've been waiting for
SWIM RANT
RANT to your hearts content about aspects of
SWIMMING and SWIMMERS that bug YOU
I encourage you to be good natured and hilarious
you may find it cathartic
Ande
#2 backstokers who cannot swim straight when doing laps.
I plead guilty to this. At least outdoors. To compensate I always hug the lane line. The problem with this is I end up whacking it lots of times when my hand goes in. Man that hurts! I don't quite get why this happens, either, because coaches tell me I overreach on backstroke.
Actually this reminds me of a story. The outdoor long course pool I used to swim in as a kid was L shaped with the dive tank as the other leg of the L. There was a lane line strung across the dive tank, but it was attached about a foot in from the corner. In other words the wall lane on that side of the pool had a sharp corner where the two legs of the L met. I was always deathly afraid of crashing into that corner doing backstroke in that lane! I don't think I ever did, though.
#2 backstokers who cannot swim straight when doing laps.
I plead guilty to this. At least outdoors. To compensate I always hug the lane line. The problem with this is I end up whacking it lots of times when my hand goes in. Man that hurts! I don't quite get why this happens, either, because coaches tell me I overreach on backstroke.
Actually this reminds me of a story. The outdoor long course pool I used to swim in as a kid was L shaped with the dive tank as the other leg of the L. There was a lane line strung across the dive tank, but it was attached about a foot in from the corner. In other words the wall lane on that side of the pool had a sharp corner where the two legs of the L met. I was always deathly afraid of crashing into that corner doing backstroke in that lane! I don't think I ever did, though.
