Swim Etiquette? Is there really such a thing? (Page 5)

Me too! Can any of you fast fishies (male 25-29 in my experience) explain this? Why are you grabbing our booties?

For me it hasn't been an "Pardon, I'm faster than you and am passing you a smidge too close" thing, it's been a "Honk honk! I'mma grab your booty and SQUEEZE! 3 times in a row!" type of thing. I laugh every time it happens, but have never figured it out.

A good question.  Nowhere in my swim stroke do I squeeze my hand...

Doesn't that pretty well explain it?  As I said in an earlier post, WAY to much testosterone if you ask me.  Stated another way - more muscle than brains.  That is the reason this thread is even being discussed.

I've never argued against contact, only against swimming completely over people.

When I did Placid there was plenty of contact. 2500 swimmers in that tight space and it's going to happen. I got kicked, swatted, etc. No big deal. But, when the same swimmer hits my feet, the next stroke hits my calf, then next stroke hits my thigh it should be very obvious to this person that there is another human being where they want to be and they should adjust accordingly. When the next stoke hit my butt it was clear to me that this person wasn't going to adjust, so I did, and it wasn't by changing my line.

Maybe it's only the really poor swimmers who can't avoid swimming over someone. 

I don't know.....I'm not a good swimmer or a poor one.....I'm probably just a swim victim.

I got through 2 pages and got tired of reading.

Can someone clarify what "swimming over someone" is?  I have to say that people have "swam over" my legs and I have "swam over" other people's legs at times.  It that what we are talking about?  Usually it's at a 90 degree turn and everyone is bottle-necked and jammed up.  I have to swap side of someone at times just to not get hung up.  Even on a straight swim if I'm jammed up, I'll have to cross someones legs.  However, I would never intentionally try to dunk someone.

I try to avoid contact whenever possible I don't see the need to bang around.  I'm faster trying to pick a line around someone and add a couple strokes of distance than get into a scrum for a dozen strokes.

The nature of the environment makes the swim a little dangerous, so I don't see the need to exacerbate the situation with unneeded contact.

I have to admit, the breast strokers, even thought it's perfect legal, annoy me a little.  The only time I have gotten severly blasted (once in the head and once in the chest) was by someone who changed up from free style to breaststroke when I thought I had plenty of clearance.  Even when I stop to breast stroke, I tend to check my surroundings the best I can.  In fact, if needed, I'll just come to a stop, check/sight, then start rather than risk a breast stroke kick (I have super long legs).

Even with all that contact avoidance and stopping/vs breast stroke, I tend to do all right in a Tri swim.

you need to practice sighting

So you squeeze all booties equally, male or female? 

And I squeeze right back... 

What happens in the M25-29 wave stays in the M25-29 wave.