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.
I won't miss the deck change anymore (though I used to use it here and there). The thing I can never figure out is why anyone would wake up for a 5 AM practice, put on clothes, then immediately come to the pool and change into a swimsuit. Unless maybe you want to waste warm-up time changing in the locker room, it seems like an unnecessary step to me!
I'm suspicious of a few things in life, one of them being people who come to the pool already in their suits. Adults who chew gum is another area of suspicion, but that's a side topic.
I won't miss the deck change anymore (though I used to use it here and there). The thing I can never figure out is why anyone would wake up for a 5 AM practice, put on clothes, then immediately come to the pool and change into a swimsuit. Unless maybe you want to waste warm-up time changing in the locker room, it seems like an unnecessary step to me!
I'm suspicious of a few things in life, one of them being people who come to the pool already in their suits. Adults who chew gum is another area of suspicion, but that's a side topic.
