The Rec Center I occasionally swim at has starting blocks. I am aware that is a swim device that I am supposed to use once in awhile. The pool is very deep and used for daily swim team practice and some meets. Yet, there is always a bright yellow cone placed on the blocks during lap swimming hours. No one may use the starting blocks at this time. I find it irritating. No one could possibly get hurt unless they were especially idiotic. I guess they're worried about lawsuits. I saw someone doing backstroke starts once, but who wants to do those? This practice will discourage me from ever entering a non-OW event.
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Our team's coaches had to ban the disposable water bottles and only allow reusable ones with their names on them. They had to keep fishing out the disposable bottles from the pool and the little plastic safety seals were ending up in the pool filters or in the water. The kids also wouldn't pick up and throw them away so the coaches had to do it, plus the kids were sharing water bottles.
Yeah, that would be annoying to have to get out and find a drinking fountain to get through a long workout in a hot pool.
I can see why with kids...but the lifeguard should blow their whistle and ask the person to take their garbage with them in front of the whole pool.
Our team's coaches had to ban the disposable water bottles and only allow reusable ones with their names on them. They had to keep fishing out the disposable bottles from the pool and the little plastic safety seals were ending up in the pool filters or in the water. The kids also wouldn't pick up and throw them away so the coaches had to do it, plus the kids were sharing water bottles.
Yeah, that would be annoying to have to get out and find a drinking fountain to get through a long workout in a hot pool.
I can see why with kids...but the lifeguard should blow their whistle and ask the person to take their garbage with them in front of the whole pool.
