I've been told that there is a new FINA rule or interpretation that disallows placing lap counters into the water. Does anyone know the official scoop on this?
in the region I swim in Sweden they no longer allow the counter to lower the numbers into the pool, since on more than one occasion the official has dropped the display.
so now at the start of each race, the timers ask the swimmers what side they want the counter to display the lap number, right, left of in the middle.
I thought it was a hassle to either look up before the turn, or take a big breathe after the turn to look back. and I only swam the 800m can't imagine having to look over my shoulder for a 1500m
Wow, how lame and lazy. That must be a governing body issue, and I bet the officials just don't want to get wet. They should either get the poles that they had in Austin or have swimmers be responsible for providing their own counters the way we usually do.
This was the first year that I have seen the full card at the bottom of the pool (we'll call my competitive swim career 12 years old), though I have seen many a number fly off.
The only time i have ever had an official count for me was at a LCM 800 event, where I was the fastest swimmer. I told them I did not need a counter, but they needed to know when to ring the bell/press the button and the stroke and counted for me anyway
in the region I swim in Sweden they no longer allow the counter to lower the numbers into the pool, since on more than one occasion the official has dropped the display.
so now at the start of each race, the timers ask the swimmers what side they want the counter to display the lap number, right, left of in the middle.
I thought it was a hassle to either look up before the turn, or take a big breathe after the turn to look back. and I only swam the 800m can't imagine having to look over my shoulder for a 1500m
Wow, how lame and lazy. That must be a governing body issue, and I bet the officials just don't want to get wet. They should either get the poles that they had in Austin or have swimmers be responsible for providing their own counters the way we usually do.
This was the first year that I have seen the full card at the bottom of the pool (we'll call my competitive swim career 12 years old), though I have seen many a number fly off.
The only time i have ever had an official count for me was at a LCM 800 event, where I was the fastest swimmer. I told them I did not need a counter, but they needed to know when to ring the bell/press the button and the stroke and counted for me anyway
