Things to do in the water other than "just swim laps"
Former Member
Here are some things I'm particularly enjoying:
-- doing a deep dive off the board, trying to touch then bottom, and then dolphin kicking back to the surface
-- doing a bunch of flip turns in a row "on the spot" in the water, rather than off the wall
-- anything involving attempting to recover an object (e.g. brick)
-- anything involving a pole
What are your little quirky things? Or is everyone here so busy training that no one has any fun in the water?
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Former Member
This one is funnier after a few beers (either doing it or watching it):
Try jumping into the pool without getting your hair wet (basically without getting your head underwater).
The only way this could be achieved (though rarely, after the beers) was
by trying to do an old style "flat" racing dive, but, trying to do it at an angle, heads up, legs down, at about a 45 degree angle. Kind of a "controlled, stopped belly-flop".
It was hilarious as a spectator-sport......
This one is funnier after a few beers (either doing it or watching it):
Try jumping into the pool without getting your hair wet (basically without getting your head underwater).
The only way this could be achieved (though rarely, after the beers) was
by trying to do an old style "flat" racing dive, but, trying to do it at an angle, heads up, legs down, at about a 45 degree angle. Kind of a "controlled, stopped belly-flop".
It was hilarious as a spectator-sport......
