Sometimes I see slow lap swimmers turn around quite a distance before they reach the end of the pool so that they can always continue without stop ahead of whoever has been waiting at the end to start. So the picture is like this: as they approach the end, see someone is about to start, right away they make a U-turn and swim back. Since they are slow (a faster swimmer should hardly cause any inconvenience), the person waiting would eventually catch up and have to pass him/her. So their turning around in the middle really does nothing but causing inconvenience for both others and themselves, and unnecessary potential for accidents. What do you think and what would you do in such cases?
Geek could be right. My response was mostly speculation. I can't recall anyone actually pulling this trick on me. Now, people pushing off right before you get to the wall when they know you're a faster swimmer happens all the time and that's just plain poor etiquette.
A faster swimmer turning at the flags to pass a slower swimmer seems like fair game to me.
Geek could be right. My response was mostly speculation. I can't recall anyone actually pulling this trick on me. Now, people pushing off right before you get to the wall when they know you're a faster swimmer happens all the time and that's just plain poor etiquette.
A faster swimmer turning at the flags to pass a slower swimmer seems like fair game to me.
