What is the policy at your pool for swimmers wearing t-shirts over a swimsuit?

Question

I lifeguard at 2 swimming pools. At the YMCA no t-shirts are allowed in the deep end, and only white shirts are allowed in the shallow end ("so the dye doesn't interfere with the chemicals in the pool.") At the school district pool, girls are required to wear a t-shirt if they come to their swim lesson in a two-piece swimsuit. ("It should be long enough to cover their belly and it better not be a white t-shirt because that's not very modest for an active swim lesson.") I find it hard to enforce two such different sets of rules.

Answer 1

well i lifeguard, at a college pool and the rule is strictly no t-shirts because it will get ur pool dirty and it hard to keep it clean, if u do the cleaning u will notice a difference

Answer 2

Hi nywhit1,

At all the pools I visit, it is allowed to wear a shirt. Sometimes the pool rules dictate something like "swimwear only" but no-one has ever stopped me from swimming with a shirt on.

Because of the dye issue, I wear mostly white T-shirts. But not all the time. Even when I wear a dark colored T-shirt, I have never been refrained from wearing it.

Answer 3

WOW !! we dont have any such silly rules here in Australia. It is encouraged to wear tshirt you can coz its allpart of the
Slip - on a shirt
Slop- on some sunscrean
Slap - on a hat

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