Have any of you seen or experienced serious pool accidents, such as saves, drowning, collisions with serious consequences...? I haven't seen myself, but I've heard of some scaring collisions due to too crowded lanes. In one case, a swimmer's toe was broken; in another, a swimmer's eyeball was taken out :eek: while backstroking and another swimmer freestyling and didn't see the first swimmer (who didn't wear goggles). In another case, a swimmer drowned (cause unknown) and her body stayed at the bottom of the pool for a long time before being discovered--someone swam above and past her three times and saw her still there. It's said the lifeguards were changing shifts during that time and didn't pay attention.
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We do underwater repeats all the time at practice, so I'm used to it. I wouldn't do more than a 50 without taking a breath unless I was with teammates and we were doing an exercise. Last week our coach had us dive in and swim back and forth as far as we could underwater. A couple of guys went almost 75 yards.
We do underwater repeats all the time at practice, so I'm used to it. I wouldn't do more than a 50 without taking a breath unless I was with teammates and we were doing an exercise. Last week our coach had us dive in and swim back and forth as far as we could underwater. A couple of guys went almost 75 yards.
