I have spoken before about this guy who swims at the pool. He is like the energizer bunny, he goes all out all the time, problem is he is a horrible swimmer, and when he gets in the pool people groan. His splash sends up tiny tidal waves that sucks you in and leaves you sputterring. And that is when you are at the extreme end of the pool from him. You definitely don't want to be in the lane next to him AND you really don't want to share a lane with him.
Yesterday I ended up having to share a lane with him and ended cutting my session short. I saw him get in the lane next to me, and I was saying at least he isn't sharing my lane, and when I hit the wall I heard the guy say sorry man. I am assuming he asked if he could share a lane and the guy said no? Now everyone would want to say no to him, but really...no? He didn't ask me if he could share a lane he just got in and drowned me.
He is one of those competitive guys, but I think he wants to train with someone, I have seen him pacing himself with other people, but I can't swim in the same lane with him and pace him. And he wouldn't/won't let me be a head , so it just wouldn't work. (If he let me swim a head of him I would not drown in his splash.) When I tried to speed up and get a body length on him he speeded up as well and - well you know - more splash. Think drowning man splash. Horrible.
Maybe I can pay for a lesson from LZ for him, for my own self defense.
Yesterday I ended up having to share a lane with him and ended cutting my session short. I saw him get in the lane next to me, and I was saying at least he isn't sharing my lane, and when I hit the wall I heard the guy say sorry man. I am assuming he asked if he could share a lane and the guy said no? Now everyone would want to say no to him, but really...no? He didn't ask me if he could share a lane he just got in and drowned me.
He is one of those competitive guys, but I think he wants to train with someone, I have seen him pacing himself with other people, but I can't swim in the same lane with him and pace him. And he wouldn't/won't let me be a head , so it just wouldn't work. (If he let me swim a head of him I would not drown in his splash.) When I tried to speed up and get a body length on him he speeded up as well and - well you know - more splash. Think drowning man splash. Horrible.
Maybe I can pay for a lesson from LZ for him, for my own self defense.
LZ also stands for "landing zone" - maybe I can call in an artillery strike & solve the problem permanently? Probably would damage the pool a lot, but it's a possibility isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWhat about YOU offering to show him how to improve his stroke? I suspect LZ wouldn't want to waste her time & you have more motivation.
Maybe you could loan him those flippers or some dead weight to pull & that would cut down on the splash? How old is he (about)?
Poor guy. I'm sure that's what I would be like if I ever got in a pool!
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