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.
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I always feel awful about this. For me? It's more a bunch of mixed feeling, ranging from pure aggression to feeling terribly sorry.
Like in the case of this young lady, I smacked her on the wrist, I could feel it. I stop and say I'm sorry. Then get back on the set. Felt sorry for a while then I almost hit the boyfriend in the face. He was waiting for me at the wall making sure I could turn. I said what the hell are you doing there dude (huge rush of testosterone/adrenalin)? He said you injured my girlfriend and you didn't do anything about it. I said well I stopped and said I was sorry? That's all I could do.
He said you're disrespectful of others etc blablabla. Then trust me I was no longer feeling sorry. I said get your ass out of my way other wise next time I'm going to smack YOU! (made me loose my interval big time, I was in fast lane after all). Her girlfriend was swimming in the other lane for God's sake :confused:
Then the lifeguard stopped me. He said with a smile, let's pretend that I'm telling you not to do this anymore. I know you didn't do anything wrong, but I'm just trying to act as a buffer here and I don't want this hysteric young girl to make up story that's bigger than life.
Ever since this happened, now I try to make it clear with myself. I smack someone from another lane, I stop and say I'm sorry but that's all. And I make some efforts NOT to feel bad about it.
I always feel awful about this. For me? It's more a bunch of mixed feeling, ranging from pure aggression to feeling terribly sorry.
Like in the case of this young lady, I smacked her on the wrist, I could feel it. I stop and say I'm sorry. Then get back on the set. Felt sorry for a while then I almost hit the boyfriend in the face. He was waiting for me at the wall making sure I could turn. I said what the hell are you doing there dude (huge rush of testosterone/adrenalin)? He said you injured my girlfriend and you didn't do anything about it. I said well I stopped and said I was sorry? That's all I could do.
He said you're disrespectful of others etc blablabla. Then trust me I was no longer feeling sorry. I said get your ass out of my way other wise next time I'm going to smack YOU! (made me loose my interval big time, I was in fast lane after all). Her girlfriend was swimming in the other lane for God's sake :confused:
Then the lifeguard stopped me. He said with a smile, let's pretend that I'm telling you not to do this anymore. I know you didn't do anything wrong, but I'm just trying to act as a buffer here and I don't want this hysteric young girl to make up story that's bigger than life.
Ever since this happened, now I try to make it clear with myself. I smack someone from another lane, I stop and say I'm sorry but that's all. And I make some efforts NOT to feel bad about it.
