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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes that's normal and NO you don't touch the other swimmer.[/quote]

YES, you do. You tap them on the foot.[/quote]

No, you don’t.  My kid got kicked regularly from another kid.  It was really obnoxious and made my kid not want to swim.  No reason to touch another child.  Just wait and give yourself enough space.  I had enough and coach would not help so I told my kid to kick harder back. Only then did the coach care.   Don’t start a war you are not prepared to finish.  [/quote]

The foot tap is universally accepted swimming etiquette. If your kid wants to keep swimming, they should learn it.[/quote]

My kid is a teen and it’s never been practiced with us.  It’s rude.  Just wait a bit to start so you don’t need to pass.  [/quote]
What’s rude is insisting on leading a lane if you’re not the fastest in the lane, or being ahead of a kid in the lane who is faster than you. The younger kids are notorious for this, especially when lanes are mixed gender and the 9 year old boy refuses to let the faster 9 year old girl go first. You also can’t “wait a bit” at a competitive club practice, you’re on an interval, you go when you are supposed to and if the kid in front of you is too slow you need to be able to get around them. Good coaches actually monitor this, they give the kids a chance to sort it out but they will step in and order the lanes if it’s not working. [/quote]

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