I am constantly doing it in practice and have nasty bruised on my right forearm. I mean ugly enough for my kids ped. to ask suspicious questions. I guess they look like I have been man handled. Nasty, green old brusies, with red/purple new ones on top. Plus they HURT! And seem to never heal with 3 practices a week.
Anyway, any suggestions besides, don't hit the lane line? Is there some kind of arm armour for swimming?
I almost died the first time I laid eyes on a set of those gigantor TYR paddles one of our bad a** distance guys showed up with at practice years ago. (I do think he retired early with bad shoulders)
Yeah, but they protected his hands from the lane lines. ;)
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I remember the hot dog lane lines were bad when cracked, but it was the Kiefer Cheesegrater that would bleed you. A very effective traing method.
Do you pull thru to your leg? Move over even 6 inches will give you the room you need.
Former Member
I remember the hot dog lane lines were bad when cracked, but it was the Kiefer Cheesegrater that would bleed you. A very effective traing method.
Our "good" laneropes are (I think) Wave Eaters aka Hand Eaters. They get put in the pool during the HS championships season then are swapped out for the old laneropes afterwards. That way the good lanelines don't fade out from the chlorine and they look pretty. And so do the swimmer's hands and arms and feet from all the bruises and cuts we get during that timeframe.
