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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you are new to my blog, just to bring you up to speed: I lost most of my 100 pounds through swimming. So you can imagine that I was annoyed with people not following the rules! Not only that, there were always swimming lessons, swim teams, water aerobics, and “family swims” taking up more than half the pool. Sometimes there was only one lane open for lap swimmers. Sucky!<\/p>\n
So if you are new to swimming, or if you don’t know the general rules of pools, here are some tips:<\/p>\n
1. Even if the lanes aren’t marked<\/strong>, there’s usually a “Fast,” “Medium,” and “Slow” lane.<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Don’t join a lane with fast swimmers <\/strong>if you are a slow swimmer!! This is my biggest pet peeve and it amazes me that people are so clueless about this. When I was a slow swimmer, I was too intimidated to join the fast swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\n 3. If there are more than two people in a lane, all swimmers need to CIRCLE<\/strong> swim.<\/span><\/p>\n 4. If you are joining a lane with another swimmer already in it, ask if they prefer to split <\/strong>the lane or circle <\/strong>swim.<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Try to avoid passing other swimmers if the lane is crowded. If you do pass them, touch their feet to notify <\/strong>the swimmer and PAY ATTENTION to oncoming swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Don’t crowd <\/strong>other swimmers–either swimming too close to the center of the lane, or swimming right on someone else’s tail.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n