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'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.
OK, since we're already here: I've noticed at my gym that the people who come to the pool already in their suits are the least likely to shower before entering the pool. (Showering is mandatory and there is a shower on the pool deck, so there is no excuse for not showering.) Within this set of people, the women are less likely to shower than the men. Also within this set of people, the women are more likely to bring their own towels. (The gym provides plain white towels for everyone, so if I see you drying off on the pool deck with a big blue towel, you must have brought it, even though it's completely unnecessary... unless you're crazy. Then it's OK! :banana:) It would be fun to follow the non-showering towel-bringers around for a day to see how they tackle serious issues such as using public restrooms, sitting in chairs that are still warm from the last person that sat there, etc.
I don't really have an opinion on gum chewers :D
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.
OK, since we're already here: I've noticed at my gym that the people who come to the pool already in their suits are the least likely to shower before entering the pool. (Showering is mandatory and there is a shower on the pool deck, so there is no excuse for not showering.) Within this set of people, the women are less likely to shower than the men. Also within this set of people, the women are more likely to bring their own towels. (The gym provides plain white towels for everyone, so if I see you drying off on the pool deck with a big blue towel, you must have brought it, even though it's completely unnecessary... unless you're crazy. Then it's OK! :banana:) It would be fun to follow the non-showering towel-bringers around for a day to see how they tackle serious issues such as using public restrooms, sitting in chairs that are still warm from the last person that sat there, etc.
I don't really have an opinion on gum chewers :D
