Things to do in the water other than "just swim laps"

Hmm, let me think... One-arm freestyle (hand-lead) One-arm backstroke (head-lead) Lazy legs freestyle (arms only) Lazy arms freestyle (kicking with alternating left/right sholder above water) One-arm fly drill (straight/bent recovery arm) Three breaststroke, one fly Three backstrokes, glide, same again, glide Two backstroke, five front crawl no-breathers repeat Underwater freestyle Swim very slowly Find every variation of turning:coffee:

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? I swim at a 24hr Fitness lap pool. My quirks are other people who do anything other then lap swimming (or even walking, just so long as they go back and fourth length wise and give way if sharing lanes) in the lap pool. When they do, they usually ruin it for anyone trying to lap swim. For other forms of water recreation, I go to the beach.

Lay on the bottom of the deep end and blow air rings. Good for hypoxic training. The lifeguards love it. DV

Kids play under water tea party - Updated version is pizza party and they tried zero gravity - they like it- but its hard not to float to the top. It's not just kids.....:eek: Slow motion underwater Kung Fu is where it's at....

poolraat....Your new avatar is totaly hillarious! That cat looks like a real party cat I must say! :rofl: Newmastersswimmer

Waterslide. Last meet, cooldown included three trips down the waterslide. Fortress claimed she was too old to partake in the fun. Self-depricating party pooper. :thhbbb: :banana: Jeff...go buy plastic tubes and we'll build a chute at Zones... I love water slides Nookie! Sorry, had to get that out, however obvious! :hug: I've found my soulmate... LOL

-- anything involving a pole A pole? Do I dare even ask? donna

A pole? Do I dare even ask? donna See Rich finally someone with the guts to speak up on that one....You know it was just eating away at that guttermind of yours now LOL! :thhbbb: :rofl: Newmastersswimmer :banana: :banana:

See Rich finally someone with the guts to speak up on that one....You know it was just eating away at that guttermind of yours now LOL! :thhbbb: :rofl: Newmastersswimmer :banana: :banana: It can't be me all the time!

I am only in the water for about an hour for each workout so there is not much time for activities sans pace clock. Having said that, I quite enjoy swimming laps. Actually, more than the laps themselves I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment when I am able to complete a set that I was unable to finish a month before.