I recently got a email from my age group swim team. They sent out a mass email about deck changing. Ohio rules now are if you are caught changing on deck before or after practice you are then suspended for a week and also the next swim meet. If caught at a meet doing this, you will be immediately removed from meet and the team will suspend you one week.
Is this pretty much a standard rule across the club teams or now a USS rule? I suppose I can see how this can become an issue and concern. Have to say I have not seen many masters doing the deck change, although I admit, I have deck changed at a masters meet but not at a USS meet.
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Deck changing is de rigueur. Who in their right mind is going to tire out their legs walking to a cramped, overcrowded (dark, cold, damp, etc) locker room when you can change "on the spot"?
Yet another ridiculous USA-S rule, IMHO. YMMV.
At the CCS championships (high school, Bay Area in CA), they banned deck changing and shaving down in the locker room showers as "unsportsmanlike conduct". WTF?!
Deck changing is de rigueur. Who in their right mind is going to tire out their legs walking to a cramped, overcrowded (dark, cold, damp, etc) locker room when you can change "on the spot"?
Yet another ridiculous USA-S rule, IMHO. YMMV.
At the CCS championships (high school, Bay Area in CA), they banned deck changing and shaving down in the locker room showers as "unsportsmanlike conduct". WTF?!
