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Adult Lap swim

Discussion in 'Broadlands Community Issues' started by msflynn, Jun 21, 2010.

  1. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    Morning Adult lap swim begins tomorrow 6/22 at 5:30am
    Morning swim this summer will be Tuesday, Wed and Thursday mornings from 5:30am until 7:50am at the Community center pool.
    One new item Make sure you have your pool passes with you. It has come to the attention of management that people from neighboring communities are using this morning time sometimes not allowing enough room for our residents.
    For those of you from neighboring communities who would still like to use this time please stop by the HOA office to purchase a lap swim pass that is good for the whole summer.

    Staci
     
  2. Brassy

    Brassy Hiyah

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    My son said the other day that he'd like to lap swim and thought that was what the Southern Walk pool had been set up for, since it was larger. He wondered why the hours have to be so early and short, other than for people who want to swim before working.
     
  3. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    At CC and at SW there is a lap lane that is always available for lap swimming so any time the pool is open he can go and swim laps. The reason for the early hours is the pools are in use everyday from 8am until 9 pm with swim lessons and swim team and reg pools hours and after 9 there is not enough light for the county to allow the pools to be open. So this only leaves me the early morning hours to offer.

    Staci
     
  4. broadlands2002

    broadlands2002 New Member

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    Is it possible for adults to request an additional swim lane to be roped off at the Southern Walk pool? Most of the time when I visit to swim laps the lane is being used.
    Also, there have many times when I've seen other adults want to swim laps and they are left with the only option of weaving in/out of those who are just hanging out in the pool (unless its adult-only swim time).

    It would seem fair that an adult could request a lane to be roped off for a certain increment of time (30 minutes, 45 minutes, etc.) to allow for swimming. When the exercising is completed the rope could easily be picked back up by the lifeguard.
     
  5. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    More then 1 person can use a lap lane at a time. A 25M lane should easily hold 6 adults though I know most people do not like that idea.
    I have no problem adding additional lanes but I do not have any additional ropes. The only ropes the HOA owns are the 50M ones the green 25M ones are the swim teams and they are kind enough to allow me to use one as it stays put all the time. I am not sure how they would feel having lifeguards take it in and out all the time. That said I will see if I can come up with a solution. (How many people are trying to swim all at the same time?)
    If people are swimming in the lap lane while others are trying to swim laps it is perfectly acceptable to have the lifeguard patrol the area and keep leisure swimmers out of the lane.

    Staci
     
  6. flynnibus

    flynnibus Well-Known Member Forum Staff

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    I think you just need to have lifeguards keep non-lap swimmers out of the lane.

    When we were there the other day... people were swimming outside the lane because the lane was clogged up with kids playing around in it near the side near the slide.
     
  7. tyger31

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    I agree with Flynnibus - I can't tell you how many times I've been to pool and there are tons of kids playing (not swimming laps) in the lap lanes...each time, I go to the lifeguard to tell him I'd like to swim some laps and to please tell the kids not to swim there. I also blame the parents for letting their kids play in the lap lanes...they're lap lanes....there's plenty of room in the pool for the kids to play.
     
  8. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    If playing in the lap lane is the problem I WILL take care of that!!

    Staci
     
  9. Grasor

    Grasor New Member

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    Staci, this is not totally true because people who swim laps for recreation and not competition are not usually of the same skill level. People would spend the entire time leap frogging over the slower swimmers. I know this because during the winter I'm stuck over at Claude Moore where the non-swim team swimmers are often forced into 3 lanes. As a rule, 2 adults can swim in a 25 yard lane together without much trouble. 3 is the tipping point and I will often sit out until a lane opens.

    It's really not considerate of the home owners in this community who would like to use the pool for lap swimming to be stuffed into a single lane. It seems to me that the swim team can allow the use of the plastic dividers, which don't deteriorate, if the life guards keep the waders off of them. If that cannot be arranged, then the HoA can just buy some.

    I'll volunteer to assemble them if the HoA buys the parts and the things are $200-$250 each pre-assembled. I can't speak for everyone, but I consider it a worthy investment when compared against the HoA dues.

    Finally, it's a large pool, there shouldn't be any children or adults using the 25 meter section for wading or playing.

    -Tom Georgelas
    703-407-4831
     
  10. OHMH

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    As a fellow swimmer - I would have to agree that an additional "on request" lane would be a great idea. Lately, the lap lane is always occupied every time I go to the pool - both SW and CC. Evenings after 7 is usually when I see the lanes used the most. And it would be a tremendous help if the guards did get the kids to stay out of the lanes and stop hanging on the ropes!! Though I do recognize it is a daunting task...
     
  11. tyger31

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    I really think the lifeguards need to watch the lap lanes more and let the kids know that if they want to stay in the lap lanes, they need to swim laps. If the lifeguards were more diligent and strict about that rule, then I don't think the kids would play there as often. Of course, it wouldn't hurt to have their parents tell them to get out of the lap lanes unless they're swimming laps. ;-)
     
  12. Chsalas

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    How about moving the lane marker over to have 2 lanes (even though it's not marked off)? And I agree, the gaurds at the SW pool have been really lackadaisical about keeping non-lap swimmers out of the lap lane.
     
  13. redon1

    redon1 aka Aphioni

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    are you suggesting that parents actually pay ATTENTION to their kid's behavior at the pool and not rely on the lifeguards as aqua-sitters???

    ludicrous. unfathomable. :screwy:
     
  14. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    I talked to the guards today about better monitoring of the lap lane. Also I really do not want to use the swim teams ropes unless it is a necessity as they are several years old and sitting out in the different weathers they are not holding up as well as they would if they were kept indoors and I do not want the HOA paying for new ropes for the swim team if I can help it. What I have done is order a rope lane that should be in within the week. Once it is here I will ask the guards to put the 2nd lane in around 7pm so from 7 until closing there will be 2 lanes (but not for a few more days)

    Staci
     
  15. Audrey

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    The guard was telling kids not to play in the lap lanes when I was there today, doing a good job.
     
  16. JLC

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    Ok, I'm going to sound like a moron here - I'm not a swimmer and don't go to the pool often. I don't know that I would even know what the lap lane was if I hadn't read about it here and wouldn't have known to keep my kids out of it.
     
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    PDILLM Well-Known Member

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    Isn't that just a visual sign of where the pool gets deep? Here I thought it was just a "median" between sides.......
     
  18. msflynn

    msflynn New Member

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    In general the blue ropes are the delineation lines where the depths change. The Green thinker disk lanes are the actual lap lane. There is 1 at CC and one at SW. In adding a second lane I am planning on using a blue rope line since they only cost about $50 to $100 rather then $250 plus.
    I am also going to try and get some nice signs made so people have an easier time knowing the intent of the lane.
    I would ask all parents, babysitters, kids, etc to please refrain from sitting on any of these ropes (rope or disk). They cost money and are not meant to bear anyone's weight they are mostly for a visual reference.

    Staci
     
  19. Grasor

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    A "lap lane" is a section of a pool, usually 25-50 yards or meters (depending on the pool) that is literally roped off. You can easily recognize them by the dividers that competitive swimmers are within during the Olympic competitions all the way down to amateur training.

    The life guard yesterday did a pretty good job of keeping kids out of my "lane" yesterday after I informed him I was swimming laps and asked him to keep kids out of the way "lest I impale them without mercy" :devil2:

    I made due swimming in the lap area of the pool without a rope to section off my lane, but there weren't a lot of people there at 600 PM so that worked OK.

    Thanks for purchasing the lane dividers Staci! :partyrave:
     
  20. diana5869

    diana5869 Member

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    My only issue with keeping people out of the lap lanes.....which I think is important because if you really want to swim, it is the only place to do so....but there is no ladder to get out of the pool in the 5 foot depth. For some of us *ahem* older users of the pool, I can not lift myself out of the pool without a ladder, forcing many that I have seen to swim through the lap lane. Is there a way to get a ladder in this section?
     

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