Are there masters swimmers "cheating" at practice?
Like:
Leaving early?
One handed touches on ***/fly?
Using pull buoys?
Kicking whatever they want despite what the workout says?
Swimming free on designated "stroke" sets?
Just wondering. I'm heard some grumbling about the leaving early stuff.
II never purposely pull on the lane lines -
After all that, I feel like we should all be saying, "Hi, my name is ________, and I'm a cheater in practice."
Hi, my name is Leslie and I'm a cheater in practice.
But I never pull on the lane lines. Doesn't that hurt? Couldn't you cut your hand or something? Is this really an actual drill? I usually can't find any semi-useful backstroke drill except maybe sailboat. Maybe I should add this to my cheating repertoire ...
Who wants to do freestyle all the time? It is not cheating to substitute strokes. That is "mature" modification. A lot of freestyle pisses off my shoulder and backstroke doesn't. Just go to the back of the lane and don't get in anyone's way.
In fact, the only thing I have ever seen really annoy people in practice is leaving early and running over someone (which everyone here resoundingly dislikes), doing a different interval in the same lane (that doesn't work at all) or using fins. I've never had people comment on other cheatin'. It's all about being courteous to lanemates. Well, and I guess some people have easily bruised egos ... Girls shouldn't beat boys, etc.
II never purposely pull on the lane lines -
After all that, I feel like we should all be saying, "Hi, my name is ________, and I'm a cheater in practice."
Hi, my name is Leslie and I'm a cheater in practice.
But I never pull on the lane lines. Doesn't that hurt? Couldn't you cut your hand or something? Is this really an actual drill? I usually can't find any semi-useful backstroke drill except maybe sailboat. Maybe I should add this to my cheating repertoire ...
Who wants to do freestyle all the time? It is not cheating to substitute strokes. That is "mature" modification. A lot of freestyle pisses off my shoulder and backstroke doesn't. Just go to the back of the lane and don't get in anyone's way.
In fact, the only thing I have ever seen really annoy people in practice is leaving early and running over someone (which everyone here resoundingly dislikes), doing a different interval in the same lane (that doesn't work at all) or using fins. I've never had people comment on other cheatin'. It's all about being courteous to lanemates. Well, and I guess some people have easily bruised egos ... Girls shouldn't beat boys, etc.
