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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
That's absolutely ridiculous. If you are in a pool designed for swimming laps, then sure - you rely on the black line and/or the rope.
If you're swimming laps from the boat to the raft, there's no lines. You just look up every once in awhile to make sure you're still heading toward the raft.
Goof freaking grief some of you people overthink stupid little details. We're not Olympians practicing for a competition. We're just starting at one end of the pool and heading toward the other end.
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I get what you are saying but "looking up every once in a while" breaks the rhythm of freestyle swimming (proper breathing and stroking). If I were out in the open water swimming from the boat heading toward a raft, as you mentioned, I would not swim the same way as I swim in a pool with the proper markings. I would swim with my head above the water so I can see where I'm going.
Another reason I do not swim in the neighborhood pools is there are no flags over head to let me know when I'm coming to the end of the pool when swimming back stroke. All it took was one time hitting my head on the wall in a sports pool before flags were installed. I'll never do that again!