Hi! New guy to the forums here, and pretty new to lap swimming too -- I've been doing it since May sometime.
More than once when I've wanted to join someone in a lane I've found it difficult to get their attention. At first I thought people just didn't want to share, but then I paid attention while I was swimming and realized that when you're looking at the bottom of the pool it is indeed easy to miss someone standing on the edge.
So what do you do? I've taken to dangling my feet deep enough that they're hard to miss, but is this obnoxious? Does anybody have pointers for getting someone's attention without annoying them when you need to share a lane?
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It really just depends what they are doing as far as how to go about it....but be polite about it. I'm almost always first in so I generally don't have to worry about it.
I had a girl just jump in my lane last week. I was in the middle of a set and was not happy about it, especially since she didn't say anything and just started circle swimming. I got her to stop on the wall and basically TOLD her "you are swimming over there, I'm staying right here on this side" and pushed off. Not to mention, she was far below my ability in the pool. She only lasted about 500 yards once I starting my kicking set....I guess the waves were bugging her?! :rolleyes:
I love it when people assume that everyone circles swims, even if there is only one person in the lane.
It really just depends what they are doing as far as how to go about it....but be polite about it. I'm almost always first in so I generally don't have to worry about it.
I had a girl just jump in my lane last week. I was in the middle of a set and was not happy about it, especially since she didn't say anything and just started circle swimming. I got her to stop on the wall and basically TOLD her "you are swimming over there, I'm staying right here on this side" and pushed off. Not to mention, she was far below my ability in the pool. She only lasted about 500 yards once I starting my kicking set....I guess the waves were bugging her?! :rolleyes:
I love it when people assume that everyone circles swims, even if there is only one person in the lane.
