Counting board pacing - illegal?

Are there any rules that prohibit your counter in the 500/1000/1650 from doing board movements to let you know where you are in your pace strategy?
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  • if counting for someone, could i flash the double orange every lap? ....of course wild shaking would also be included in my assist to get my swimmer moving faster. Well this is a postal swim, and certainly everyone doesn't do turn counting the way it's done in a meet (even though in theory, it's supposed to be done that way). I don't think anyone's going to send the USMS Secret Service after you for this. But who says you have to even use a turncard in the first place? The kickboard is perfectly valid (if you don't need to convey numerical information), and there's no prohibition against the counter gyrating the counting device either. Patrick King
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  • if counting for someone, could i flash the double orange every lap? ....of course wild shaking would also be included in my assist to get my swimmer moving faster. Well this is a postal swim, and certainly everyone doesn't do turn counting the way it's done in a meet (even though in theory, it's supposed to be done that way). I don't think anyone's going to send the USMS Secret Service after you for this. But who says you have to even use a turncard in the first place? The kickboard is perfectly valid (if you don't need to convey numerical information), and there's no prohibition against the counter gyrating the counting device either. Patrick King
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