How Cheaters Cheat in practice and meets might stir up a lively discussion.
Here's the RULES
Swimming Rules
How do cheaters cheat?
Got any stories?
Did they get caught or get away with it?
If you see someone cheating or know they are
do you point it out to the ref or keep quiet?
How cheaters cheat,one way in BR is dolphin as soon as you hit the water,dolphin as you separate your hands before the real pulldown,then exaggerate your "natural undulation" for a third dolphin.Most Masters judges will DQ you,but Olympic judges evidently won't.
I have deliberately cheated exactly once in my life.My freshman year in college we were at a duel meet.The coach of the other team was the starter(yea,that was fair.)He had some swimmers that were very close to making Nats cuts and he simply wasn't calling false starts.This was when you didn't get DQd on the first false start so I had nothing to lose by jumping early.For the 200 BR as soon as he said "take your marks" I jumped.I heard the gun as I entered the water.As I took the first turn and saw no false start rope I started laughing so much I had a lousy time anyway,but I still think it was funny.
How cheaters cheat,one way in BR is dolphin as soon as you hit the water,dolphin as you separate your hands before the real pulldown,then exaggerate your "natural undulation" for a third dolphin.Most Masters judges will DQ you,but Olympic judges evidently won't.
I have deliberately cheated exactly once in my life.My freshman year in college we were at a duel meet.The coach of the other team was the starter(yea,that was fair.)He had some swimmers that were very close to making Nats cuts and he simply wasn't calling false starts.This was when you didn't get DQd on the first false start so I had nothing to lose by jumping early.For the 200 BR as soon as he said "take your marks" I jumped.I heard the gun as I entered the water.As I took the first turn and saw no false start rope I started laughing so much I had a lousy time anyway,but I still think it was funny.
