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?
Circling only makes sense (to me) if it's is a 50 meter pool, otherwise you have to pass every 2 minutes. Circling in a 25 yard pool is swell for the slower ones that are getting passed, but having to pass every other 50 becomes a major pain in the ***. I still say park it on one side and if the person continues to swim in the middle, the only option is to force the situation and begin swimming on one side (followed by them becoming indignant, telling you that you are the rudest swimmer they have ever met, followed by you telling them they are the crappiest swimmer you have ever met, followed by them crying to the manager, followed by the manager throwing a life-preserver at your head to get your attention to "discuss" the matter). I, however, do not swim in pools where 10 people are waiting to swim which would make circle swimming a necessity and causing me never to swim there anymore.:wiggle:
A general rule: the slower the swimmer, the less likely they want to share.
Circling only makes sense (to me) if it's is a 50 meter pool, otherwise you have to pass every 2 minutes. Circling in a 25 yard pool is swell for the slower ones that are getting passed, but having to pass every other 50 becomes a major pain in the ***. I still say park it on one side and if the person continues to swim in the middle, the only option is to force the situation and begin swimming on one side (followed by them becoming indignant, telling you that you are the rudest swimmer they have ever met, followed by you telling them they are the crappiest swimmer you have ever met, followed by them crying to the manager, followed by the manager throwing a life-preserver at your head to get your attention to "discuss" the matter). I, however, do not swim in pools where 10 people are waiting to swim which would make circle swimming a necessity and causing me never to swim there anymore.:wiggle:
A general rule: the slower the swimmer, the less likely they want to share.
