I know that you're there... and you have something to say.
Lets' hear it.
But seriously. Do Fitness and Lap Swimmers really read this Forum?
I wish they did, but I doubt they see the potential.
Fitness and Lap Swimmers, I'm a masters swim coach.
I watch your lanes - oh maybe 15-20% of the time I coach the masters lanes.
I see those of you lurking on the side lanes listening to the sets - and to the stroke instruction...
Watching swimmers underwater for stroke demonstrations.
Its' ok - and a really good thing.
A decent masters swim coach knows how to recruit right out of those lap swimming lanes.
Ahelee
P.S. I loved reading the thread, "As an outsider to harcore swimming..."
Finally some swimmers after my own heart.
Except that I like to recruit lap swimmers to our program!
" Even though, I use the old "practice times vs. my schedule" as an excuse for not joining a team, it probably has more to do with my using swimming for that hour or two of solitude a day I need.
Either way, I say more power to all of you. In my pool, I get discouraged if it's empty too often. Pools are way too expensive to support for few users. So everyone jump in, and we all get to swim for whatever reason.":drink:
Cheers David!
I totally get the need for solitude.
Sometimes in practice, I just swim hard, keep my dark googles on and then I can't talk between swims!
If I wasn't a swim coach now, I think I would enjoy being the aquatic facilities director.
I hate to see an empty or very lightly populated pool! I'd book the heck out of the pool schedule with everything I could think of to do in the water - and there tons of activities to do splashing around.
" Even though, I use the old "practice times vs. my schedule" as an excuse for not joining a team, it probably has more to do with my using swimming for that hour or two of solitude a day I need.
Either way, I say more power to all of you. In my pool, I get discouraged if it's empty too often. Pools are way too expensive to support for few users. So everyone jump in, and we all get to swim for whatever reason.":drink:
Cheers David!
I totally get the need for solitude.
Sometimes in practice, I just swim hard, keep my dark googles on and then I can't talk between swims!
If I wasn't a swim coach now, I think I would enjoy being the aquatic facilities director.
I hate to see an empty or very lightly populated pool! I'd book the heck out of the pool schedule with everything I could think of to do in the water - and there tons of activities to do splashing around.
