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.
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.
Now as I think more about this, I realize that many of the nutjobs that I've seen are noodlers. Some of them are members of the inner circle who don't let their hair get wet. Noodler classes at my gym probably average around 15 women and 1 man, thus the gender imbalance that I've seen among the non-showerers and towel-bringers. If there's a lesson here (and that's a big if), it's just say no to noodling.
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.
Now as I think more about this, I realize that many of the nutjobs that I've seen are noodlers. Some of them are members of the inner circle who don't let their hair get wet. Noodler classes at my gym probably average around 15 women and 1 man, thus the gender imbalance that I've seen among the non-showerers and towel-bringers. If there's a lesson here (and that's a big if), it's just say no to noodling.
