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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I don't think there is always a lifeguard at USS/USA practices though. That's why the teams have to purchase insurance for their swimmers. Our "registration" fee for joining the team was mostly for insurance, I was told. It was a whopper. Especially where I live, with so many litigious swimmer parents.
A coach can bellow...but I would readily point out that the Caped (party in the first part) specified a lifeguard (party in the 2nd part) as being present. So the first party could easily have used said drinking vessel, and been called to account by the second party, notwithstanding that the vessel should be disposed of in an appropriate recepticle upon termination of the first party's exercise routine.
Maybe that expalins it better for you....
*pulls on "weisenheimer cap*
I don't think there is always a lifeguard at USS/USA practices though. That's why the teams have to purchase insurance for their swimmers. Our "registration" fee for joining the team was mostly for insurance, I was told. It was a whopper. Especially where I live, with so many litigious swimmer parents.
A coach can bellow...but I would readily point out that the Caped (party in the first part) specified a lifeguard (party in the 2nd part) as being present. So the first party could easily have used said drinking vessel, and been called to account by the second party, notwithstanding that the vessel should be disposed of in an appropriate recepticle upon termination of the first party's exercise routine.
Maybe that expalins it better for you....
*pulls on "weisenheimer cap*
