Swim Rant

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. I've plowed into the corner of the penninsula at another pool and even going slow YES it hurts. I got a bruise about 4" x 8" on the tip of my shoulder. Between that, ladders and a slide it was a rough summer since the outside lanes didn't have a lanerope. I wonder if somebody makes swim crash helmet or curb feelers ? Apparently my sonar isn't good enough.

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. I've plowed into the corner of the penninsula at another pool and even going slow YES it hurts. I got a bruise about 4" x 8" on the tip of my shoulder. Between that, ladders and a slide it was a rough summer since the outside lanes didn't have a lanerope. I wonder if somebody makes swim crash helmet or curb feelers ? Apparently my sonar isn't good enough.