Lately I've not been making friends.
I am hitting people during fly. Sometimes it is from another lane since I recover my right arm over the lane line, and sometimes it is a lane mate. I have a 76" reach so I am roughly as wide as a lane.
I try to look and f I see someone I can sometimes do an alligator arm recovery, but this does not always work. People come up fast and you can't always get out of the way.
Is there a trick to this, or is hitting part of the deal?
Sometimes I'll lead so I can at least do a 25 without an issue, but anything over a 25 and I am now paranoid.
hitting people in butterfly is very normal. Luckily, the lanes at one pool are pretty wide even though the new big lanes don't help. I usually have to do one arm for a stroke to avoid hitting. at my Y practices, I have room on the first lap but have to do alot of SDKs on the second lap to avoid collisions. I am lucky in that I am the only person/one of few people at my practices that does fly.
hitting people in butterfly is very normal. Luckily, the lanes at one pool are pretty wide even though the new big lanes don't help. I usually have to do one arm for a stroke to avoid hitting. at my Y practices, I have room on the first lap but have to do alot of SDKs on the second lap to avoid collisions. I am lucky in that I am the only person/one of few people at my practices that does fly.
