Harsh

By blue - 25/08/2012 21:59 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my swimming coach made us swim fifty laps non-stop as punishment for his previous class being unable to swim a drill properly. They're 8-11 year olds who are still learning to swim. I feel like my arms and legs are filled with lead. FML
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KingCeltic77 18

What an ass. Either way he's the teacher, it's his fault they can't swim.

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ciumegu 6

Look on the bright side at-least you are building some muscle

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jenniiienyc 5

Yeah, your coach doesn't have a brain. I love when teachers don't understand their classes are different.

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PipingMouse 14

I suggest you get a pipe an lead him into a nearby lake! It always works for me, takes care of the body too.

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ManInTheMachine 19

*Sigh* ANOTHER SqueakyChipmunk copycat? Are people THIS strapped for original ideas? Holy shit, this is getting ridiculous and annoying.

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PipingMouse 14

Mhm, but this one is here to stay...through any number of down-votes.

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FMLKitten 15

ManInTheMachine- Don't say copycat! I find it offensive. And who else copied Squeaky anyways?

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itsalanis 25

With his patience/tolerance, I'm not sure if he's suitable to be a swim coach.

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Bmck112 4

Ok, so it sucks that he punished you for something unrelated, but it sounds like you got a really good workout in. It seems like everybody that's saying he is a dick doesn't realize his job is to make you better and that's what he's doing. Every coach has their own style.

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PYLrulz 17

I get that... IF OP's group was the ones screwing around! We are talking about punishing a group of people for something a bunch of beginners can't do! It's like an Algebra teacher giving a class a Calculus assignment for homework because a first grader couldn't do subtraction.

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Bmck112 4

Algebra teachers aren't supposed to make their students better at calculus. However, swimming coaches are supposed to make their swimmers better at swimming.

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sarasahhh 4

Fifty laps isnt even that bad...try fifty consecutive laps of butterfly with ten pushups at the end of each and then complain. I mean that much swimming just makes you a better swimmer anyway

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bigz514620 2

That is exactly what I was thinking

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swim4life98 1

At least someone knows what they're talking about. 50 Laos is nothing. Try a 6k workout 9 times a week

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TheNewGuy03 28

I dunno. I think that's an awful lot of Laos. One is enough for me!

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JFAW 6

If op is whining after having to swim only 50 laps continuously, then they really have no idea what an actual swimmer does for their average workout...

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waterpologirl6 4

I completely agree. This would be an awesome swim practice for me. My average swim practice is 10X harder

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LaughterofCorn 4

Your coach sounds like a major douche-canoe.

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andiewithlove 21

Thank you for genuinely making me laugh. "Douche-canoe" is definitely a new one for me! For once I can say "lol" with an actual smile on my face.

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PYLrulz 17

There's times when you need to challenge authority and tell them to piss off. This is one of those times

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snowfox_fml 10

Been there and done that. It's not that hard and you feel good at the end!

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Akazuki 26

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming....

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njgohard 16

Yep...lacrosse...first day of tryouts, jv coach shows up an hour late, no less. Talk about setting a bad example.

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