SWIM TEAM: HOW TO PASS

With the number of swimmers in our lanes, the need to pass another swimmer in a long swim is almost inevitable, especially in distance sets. The key to keeping the lane running smoothly and help all the swimmers keep focus on the practice is to determine the passing strategy for the lane before the set begins. Communicate with your lane mates to determine what will work best everybody in the lane! Passing in the center in a crowded lane is dangerous and not recommended. Instead, we recommend using this common set of general guidelines across all our lanes:

It is best to make the pass at the walls rather than in the middle of the laps. Here is how it works:

Passer: Gently taps feet of Passee.

Passee: At the next turn, pulls over to the Right Corner and stops.

Passer: Makes flip turn at Left Corner of wall.

Passee: Starts swimming again, behind the Passer.

In general , when circle swimming in practice, swimmers should make their turns at the Left Corner of the lanes. As soon as the swimmer ahead of you finishes his turn and goes by, you should swim towards the center of the lane, make your turn to the left of the cross on the wall, and push off on what is now the right-hand side of the lane. If everyone does their turns this way, we will avoid crashing in to each other.

With regards to resting on the wall in the middle of swims, swimmers should hang on the wall in the Right Corner of the lane. This will allow the other swimmers to continue to make their turns in the Left Corner without interference.

Also, when finishing your swims, be sure to finish as far to the left as possible so that the swimmers behind you have some room to your right to finish as well.