Swim Rant

I read all the rants with great laughter before leaving for swim practice. At swim practice I was involved in a situation I would like to rant about. I usually swim during the day, but decided to swim at night with an organized masters team. A lady in my lane took one look at me and decided that she was faster than me. So, we are doing a 600 free and I am right on her toes when she decides to switch to backstroke. I pass her and then in the next set of 3x200 she tells me that she is faster than me and demands to go in front of me. When I tell her that I think I would prefer to be in front of her, she pushes off the wall and goes. URGH! The next set was 6x100 and I pass her during the first one. I then decide to give the person in front of me a little more space and has my feet leave the wall she rams into me. Apparently, she decided that since I was giving someone a ten second space, there was no reason for her to give me any space. At the end of practice, she told me that just because I am tall does not mean that I should have swum in front of her. I feel better for ranting. I think I may just stay with noon masters. That is too bad!!! I've heard many complaints from swimmers at your pool. Steiner masters is really getting a reputation. Some things I need to rant about: 1. Coaches who think their time on the deck is to announce all their personal info to the team. This wastes swimmers time who are paying the coach paying the coach for a workout, not a diatribe. :mad: 2. Coaches that just sit on the deck and don't make corrections or offer suggestions to improve your technique. 3. Swimmers who drag (butt suck) you all the time. I don't mind once and while, but every set!!!:mooning: 4. Swimmers who complain about not improving and do nothing to improve. 5. One lap swimmer per lane. :dunno: 6. Pools that are under utilized!!! (Typically bad management) I have a few others, but I'll leave you with a great quote I heard today. "Vision is the art of seeing things invisible" Jonathan Swift

I read all the rants with great laughter before leaving for swim practice. At swim practice I was involved in a situation I would like to rant about. I usually swim during the day, but decided to swim at night with an organized masters team. A lady in my lane took one look at me and decided that she was faster than me. So, we are doing a 600 free and I am right on her toes when she decides to switch to backstroke. I pass her and then in the next set of 3x200 she tells me that she is faster than me and demands to go in front of me. When I tell her that I think I would prefer to be in front of her, she pushes off the wall and goes. URGH! The next set was 6x100 and I pass her during the first one. I then decide to give the person in front of me a little more space and has my feet leave the wall she rams into me. Apparently, she decided that since I was giving someone a ten second space, there was no reason for her to give me any space. At the end of practice, she told me that just because I am tall does not mean that I should have swum in front of her. I feel better for ranting. I think I may just stay with noon masters. That is too bad!!! I've heard many complaints from swimmers at your pool. Steiner masters is really getting a reputation. Some things I need to rant about: 1. Coaches who think their time on the deck is to announce all their personal info to the team. This wastes swimmers time who are paying the coach paying the coach for a workout, not a diatribe. :mad: 2. Coaches that just sit on the deck and don't make corrections or offer suggestions to improve your technique. 3. Swimmers who drag (butt suck) you all the time. I don't mind once and while, but every set!!!:mooning: 4. Swimmers who complain about not improving and do nothing to improve. 5. One lap swimmer per lane. :dunno: 6. Pools that are under utilized!!! (Typically bad management) I have a few others, but I'll leave you with a great quote I heard today. "Vision is the art of seeing things invisible" Jonathan Swift