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?
I just watched a college meet where a girl won the 500 and got out of the pool before everyone had finished and got DQ'ed. I find that doing long events my mind sometimes goes somewhere else.
How about cheating at practice? Coach tells you to swim 1000 and people stop at 800. How did you finish before me when I started in front of you and you never passed me?
I agree in part. It is very irksome when people are doing zany things in the lane AND interfere with what the proscribed (sp?), mainstream set is suppose to be. However, rule of thumb for us is that everyone is doing something different, and there is always a rotating group of injured or recovering from injury swimmers, so who's to say why the equipment grab, shortened sets, etc....I say as long as everyone stays consistent within the lane and the right of way belongs to the lead swimmers....
Circa 2004-2008, I routinely swam 1/2 of every set (distance-wise), got out at 1000-1500, swam fly for free, never pulled, didn't use flip turns, and whatever else you may consider "cheating". But I didn't draft or hold up the lead person if I was being lapped. I did what I had to do to rest and let my back heal.
Fast forward to 2009 and beyond, I will be the last person to name call anyone a "cheater". If you show up and get in the water and do something, then I say great for you!!!
Remember not everyone has the same goals as you! Put another way, no one else on DAMM is geared to swimming a meet a month and gunning for the 50 free! And I very much consciously (sp?) think about every set given, and determine if I do it or tweak it. With 1 hour x 4 practices per week, I have no time for additional yardage that doesn't directly translate to speed in my 50 free.
And once I am over my sprinting/racing fix, then I am toying with buying lots of fins for every type of occasion and using them all the time, just for fun!!!!:drool:
I just watched a college meet where a girl won the 500 and got out of the pool before everyone had finished and got DQ'ed. I find that doing long events my mind sometimes goes somewhere else.
How about cheating at practice? Coach tells you to swim 1000 and people stop at 800. How did you finish before me when I started in front of you and you never passed me?
I agree in part. It is very irksome when people are doing zany things in the lane AND interfere with what the proscribed (sp?), mainstream set is suppose to be. However, rule of thumb for us is that everyone is doing something different, and there is always a rotating group of injured or recovering from injury swimmers, so who's to say why the equipment grab, shortened sets, etc....I say as long as everyone stays consistent within the lane and the right of way belongs to the lead swimmers....
Circa 2004-2008, I routinely swam 1/2 of every set (distance-wise), got out at 1000-1500, swam fly for free, never pulled, didn't use flip turns, and whatever else you may consider "cheating". But I didn't draft or hold up the lead person if I was being lapped. I did what I had to do to rest and let my back heal.
Fast forward to 2009 and beyond, I will be the last person to name call anyone a "cheater". If you show up and get in the water and do something, then I say great for you!!!
Remember not everyone has the same goals as you! Put another way, no one else on DAMM is geared to swimming a meet a month and gunning for the 50 free! And I very much consciously (sp?) think about every set given, and determine if I do it or tweak it. With 1 hour x 4 practices per week, I have no time for additional yardage that doesn't directly translate to speed in my 50 free.
And once I am over my sprinting/racing fix, then I am toying with buying lots of fins for every type of occasion and using them all the time, just for fun!!!!:drool:
