We just got done with today's practice and I have to say that we had more late swimmers today than we have had so far this year! I'm curious to see what everyone's policy (if any) you or your team have with showing up on time? I definitely don't want to be a harda$$, but I want people to show up on time as well!
Look forward to the comments!
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My work location and schedule are such that I have to cut it pretty close and I'm doing well to get in the pool for our practice by the beginning of warmup. In the summer I can only make it on time if I sneak out of work about an hour early. Life would be easier for me if I was consistently arriving to work early.
I have a few options:
* Swim on my own in the morning at a health club if I know I'll be very late.
* Pursue another form of exercise that day (ie, bicycle)
* If I'm really late, ask the coach if I should swim or if I "missed practice"
* If I swim, I do my first few repeats at the back of the lane. They are either just a warmup staying out of everyone's way or jumping into whatever the group is doing (depends on the set). We don't normally have a spare lane but that would be preferable.
Thanks for your comment(s)! Since our practice is in the morning, I do have swimmers leaving a bit early to make work/drop kids off at school, etc. We will see if we run into issues with regard to late/no-shows when we open up practices at night. I will bet my last dollar that no matter what we do we will always have a couple of late swimmers in the mix.
My work location and schedule are such that I have to cut it pretty close and I'm doing well to get in the pool for our practice by the beginning of warmup. In the summer I can only make it on time if I sneak out of work about an hour early. Life would be easier for me if I was consistently arriving to work early.
I have a few options:
* Swim on my own in the morning at a health club if I know I'll be very late.
* Pursue another form of exercise that day (ie, bicycle)
* If I'm really late, ask the coach if I should swim or if I "missed practice"
* If I swim, I do my first few repeats at the back of the lane. They are either just a warmup staying out of everyone's way or jumping into whatever the group is doing (depends on the set). We don't normally have a spare lane but that would be preferable.
Thanks for your comment(s)! Since our practice is in the morning, I do have swimmers leaving a bit early to make work/drop kids off at school, etc. We will see if we run into issues with regard to late/no-shows when we open up practices at night. I will bet my last dollar that no matter what we do we will always have a couple of late swimmers in the mix.
