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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who claim your pool is opening with a broad interpretation of 'exercise' in Phase 2- what are you doing about the 10 foot requirement? Also, have any of you put plans/ letter to members etc on a website where I could copy it for our plan?

If you call around to the swim or dive reps they will happily share

It pisses me off. There is no recreational swimming in phase 2. Yet here we are having people skirt the rules.

Our poo, is definitely not skirting the rules. Swim team is swimming and dive team is diving while maintaining distance

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Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

Why would you need to reserve two lanes?

Nothing requires a person to lap swim the entire time they are at the pool. I went yesterday and sat at our table and didn’t swim.

That would depend on the pool. At ours, you swim and then you leave as soon as your time is up. There are no chairs or tables available yet.

That sounds like Phase 1 which is what we did and is fine. They might not be ready to move to Phase 2 yet.

Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

I can’t speak for most pools, but ours is strict about the rules. Lap swimming only, then you’re out. They would let someone stop to catch breath or whatnot, but not hang out talking in the water. Hopefully the rules will ease before the summer is up.

Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

We can reserve one section and take turns and stay for 90 minutes but you don’t need to stay in the water the whole time. You can sit at tables. Our pool advertises 10’ apart but no one was correcting families swimming together or little kids swimming from wall to parent, etc. and we have sections that aren’t lap lanes so my kids were pretty much just recreating. LOL

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Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

Why would you need to reserve two lanes?

Nothing requires a person to lap swim the entire time they are at the pool. I went yesterday and sat at our table and didn’t swim.

That would depend on the pool. At ours, you swim and then you leave as soon as your time is up. There are no chairs or tables available yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

Why would you need to reserve two lanes?

Nothing requires a person to lap swim the entire time they are at the pool. I went yesterday and sat at our table and didn’t swim.

My daughter and her friends each sign up for lanes next to each other. They probably do laps 50% and talk 50%

Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

There is literally no way to answer this question. The answer is going to vary from pool to pool. I'm not clear on what you intend on doing after you do 'a little lap swimming.' There is nothing in the COVID guidance that says you must swim for 30 minutes (as compared to 10). Given that most people have been out of the water for so long, few people are actually lap swimming for an entire hour if your pool is setup in 1 hour blocks. So at my pool, if you swim for a while and get out and wait for the rest of your family you are totally fine.

However, I have seen other pools flipping out about people on the deck who are not swimming.

Now, if you intend to do a little lap swimming, and then play in the lane? e.g. "recreate"- unfortunately in the bizarre world of VDH swimming that makes you a danger and every pool should be stopping you.

Anonymous wrote:Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

Why would you need to reserve two lanes?

Nothing requires a person to lap swim the entire time they are at the pool. I went yesterday and sat at our table and didn’t swim.

Are most pools enforcing the guidelines? As in, can someone rent two lanes and do a little lap swimming but not really the whole time? Or are pools not letting people do that?

Anonymous wrote:We went today and it was really nice. The new normal like everything else! But no one told our family to stay 10’ apart in the water!

us too- it was great- my kids were thrilled to be able to go off the diving board.

We went today and it was really nice. The new normal like everything else! But no one told our family to stay 10’ apart in the water!

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Anonymous wrote:These Phase 2 pool guidelines are overly restrictive and dumb. Most people don't go to the pool to lap swim so you are basically cutting off or at minimum severely restricting their pool membership. What is so much more risky about taking a dip in the pool from hanging out at a park or anywhere else?

Reduce the number allowed in the pool area at one (say 25 or 50 based on size of pool) and let people use the pool. Having a bunch of people inside a gym or restaurant sounds more risky to me. I am okay with those activities if people want to do them, but do not understand why the pool restrictions seem so much stricter.

definitely. Even crazier is that even family members have to be 10' apart.

But, their hands are tied. Gotta suffer through this to (hopefully) get to a less restrictive phase 3.

100% agree. Write to the governor. Even better, contact your local senator and state delegate. The Governor encouraged people to pester their local officials if they had an issue with the rules. Do it tonight to make sure that Phase 3 looks better.

Anonymous wrote:These Phase 2 pool guidelines are overly restrictive and dumb. Most people don't go to the pool to lap swim so you are basically cutting off or at minimum severely restricting their pool membership. What is so much more risky about taking a dip in the pool from hanging out at a park or anywhere else?

Reduce the number allowed in the pool area at one (say 25 or 50 based on size of pool) and let people use the pool. Having a bunch of people inside a gym or restaurant sounds more risky to me. I am okay with those activities if people want to do them, but do not understand why the pool restrictions seem so much stricter.

definitely. Even crazier is that even family members have to be 10' apart.

But, their hands are tied. Gotta suffer through this to (hopefully) get to a less restrictive phase 3.

These Phase 2 pool guidelines are overly restrictive and dumb. Most people don't go to the pool to lap swim so you are basically cutting off or at minimum severely restricting their pool membership. What is so much more risky about taking a dip in the pool from hanging out at a park or anywhere else?

Reduce the number allowed in the pool area at one (say 25 or 50 based on size of pool) and let people use the pool. Having a bunch of people inside a gym or restaurant sounds more risky to me. I am okay with those activities if people want to do them, but do not understand why the pool restrictions seem so much stricter.

I couldn't allow Olivia Bed Sheets to punish my kids any more. Unfortunately, I'm planning to spend some money to stay in West Virginia for a few days next week so that they can get into the pool.