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?
Pulling on the laneline in backstroke is a common cheat for many swimmers in practice.
If pulling on the lane ropes in practice was cheating, they wouldn't have put hand holds all along the length of the rope. ...Now if there were just some way you could use them in the other strokes.
Duct taping, Red Bull, tech suits(sorry, couldn't resist), drafting in races where it isn't allowed, cutting the corner in open water, touching the wall with one hand in fly and ***.
Stealing you competitors swim suit or scratching his goggles to opaque, feeding them a banned substance, locking them out of the locker room, creating stress for your opponent for an advantage, and my favorite, buying them the last whiskey shot of the evening before an early morning race.
I guess it's not cheating if it's good whiskey.
If pulling on the lane ropes in practice was cheating, they wouldn't have put hand holds all along the length of the rope. ...Now if there were just some way you could use them in the other strokes.
I use them occasionally in freestyle as I come out of a streamline, but rather than pulling with my bottom arm to level my body, I just use the top arm to grab those hand holds on the lane line and get going. :) Usually only do this cooling down or while just doing back and forth stuff waiting for the others that jump in late to finish their warmup...
using fins in a non-fin set :bolt:
:applaud:
If God wanted us to have fins, we'd have fins. Instead we have feet. Great, now it comes down to Evolution vs. Creationism. Who knew this could spiral out of control so quickly.
(please sense my facetiousness)
I've heard rumor of a swimmer being expelled from USMS for misrepresenting his age so he could compete in the next older age group.
Very interesting! Was going to ask about another poster's reply to my original question, which gave mucH juicer details! Unfortunatey, I think that was deleted from the forums! Too bad USMS can put in hardcopy print Welsford's letter, but heck they have to delete some reference to banned or previously banned swimmers. And names weren't even named.
My question is....ARE THEY BACK AND WERE ANY OF THEIR TOP TENS AND/OR RECORDS AND/OR RELAY RECORDS RESCINDED?????
I'm impervious to criticism now.
I thought this thread would be about drugs, not what swimmers do in masters perogative practices. :bolt:
See post #1. I think Ande leaves it wide open to take many tangents! tee hee!!!
Very interesting! Was going to ask about another poster's reply to my original question, which gave mucH juicer details! Unfortunatey, I think that was deleted from the forums! Too bad USMS can put in hardcopy print Welsford's letter, but heck they have to delete some reference to banned or previously banned swimmers. And names weren't even named.
My question is....ARE THEY BACK AND WERE ANY OF THEIR TOP TENS AND/OR RECORDS AND/OR RELAY RECORDS RESCINDED?????
Yes, how is it a personal attack if they did the deed?
Is there a right to privacy on the forums now?
Yes, how is it a personal attack if they did the deed?
Is there a right to privacy on the forums now?
So... personal attacks are what get posts deleted? Interesting.... OK I'm kind of new at this but I guess I have to take one for the team here.
:banana:That Guy has below average intelligence! :banana: Delete this post! :banana:
Am I doing it wrong?
So... personal attacks are what get posts deleted? Interesting.... OK I'm kind of new at this but I guess I have to take one for the team here.
:banana:That Guy has below average intelligence! :banana: Delete this post! :banana:
Am I doing it wrong?
No good. I had to call myself a godless commie gaybird to get deleted.
