2007-12-07 19:22:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Lol! Down, down, down we go!
2007-12-07 23:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jinxyblue 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are people still seriously asking this? NO, THEY DO NOT! And this situation won't even come up. Synchronized swimmers are swimmers - and know how to swim. Many were even lapswimmers before they started synchro. Drowning, unless a sudden injury (usually concussion) occurs, is not going to happen. If someone drowns in a routine, the routine gets disqualified anyway (lifeguard intervention is an immediate DQ), so there would be no point in making yourself drown. In my years of synchro, I have seen plenty of injuries - usually to people's heads, even in routines, and if finishing the routine is impossible (and it is during practice,) the injured person swims over to the wall without using whatever limb got injured (yes - we also can swim with no arms, no legs, or a combination of both.) No drowning. Of course, in a difficult enough routine, you'll feel like you're drowning (you try it - it's really hard to move so much to support your weight while holding your breath for prolonged periods of time) - but no one is going to drown. And also, some of us float naturally. I do. If I were to stop moving completely, provided there is enough oxygen in me, I'll end up on my back on the surface. I apologise if I sound grumpy in this answer - that is not my intention. The problem is that I hear this question all the time with actual sencerity - not just on YA but also when I tell others that I am a synchronized swimmer. It is a highly misunderstood and underrepresented sport in this country and around the world. Many swimmers find it disrespectful that a person could ask them if they purposely drowned, and not just because to intentionally drown would be painful and stupid. According to every statistic I've ever read, synchronized swimmers on average spend more time practicing in the pool (which they are not allowed to touch the bottom of, BTW) than speed (lap) swimmers. (And this is true even in small club teams - the lap swimmers have 2-2.5 hour practices and the synchronized swimmers will have an individual practice for up to 6 (even on school nights.)) Would anyone ever ask if lap swimmers drowned? No. That would be insulting. So is this question.
2016-05-22 03:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by kecia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a soccer ball goes out of bounds, does everyone run after it because they want to score a goal? NO. Do you HONESTLY think that drowning in unisen would gain a team points?
So, do they drown?
NO, THEY DO NOT! And this situation won't even come up. Synchronized swimmers are swimmers - and know how to swim. Many were even lapswimmers before they started synchro. Drowning, unless a sudden injury (usually concussion) occurs, is not going to happen.
If someone drowns in a routine, the routine gets disqualified anyway (lifeguard intervention is an immediate DQ), so there would be no point in making yourself drown.
In my years of synchro, I have seen plenty of injuries - usually to people's heads, even in routines, and if finishing the routine is impossible (and it is during practice,) the injured person swims over to the wall without using whatever limb got injured (yes - we also can swim with no arms, no legs, or a combination of both.) No drowning.
Of course, in a difficult enough routine, you'll feel like you're drowning (you try it - it's really hard to move so much to support your weight while holding your breath for prolonged periods of time) - but no one is going to drown.
And also, some of us float naturally. I do. If I were to stop moving completely, provided there is enough oxygen in me, I'll end up on my back on the surface.
I apologise if I sound grumpy in this answer - that is not my intention. The problem is that I hear this question all the time with actual sencerity - not just on YA but also when I tell others that I am a synchronized swimmer. It is a highly misunderstood and underrepresented sport in this country and around the world. Many swimmers find it disrespectful that a person could ask them if they purposely drowned, and not just because to intentionally drown would be painful and stupid. According to every statistic I've ever read, synchronized swimmers on average spend more time practicing in the pool (which they are not allowed to touch the bottom of, BTW) than speed (lap) swimmers. (And this is true even in small club teams - the lap swimmers have 2-2.5 hour practices and the synchronized swimmers will have an individual practice for up to 6 (even on school nights.))
Would anyone ever ask if lap swimmers drowned? No. That would be insulting. So is this question.
2014-01-26 08:57:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mel 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes as soon as one drops to the pool's bottom the others follow ascending in an elegant circle till they hit their heads on the floor fracturing their skulls, quite an exquisite site really.
2007-12-07 19:33:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thia act is only permited in the Eastern Block Countries
2007-12-07 19:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I'm doing laps at our local pool, I'm more concerned with how far I am from the ladder when they all get that far away look in their eyes at the same time!
Danny
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2007-12-07 23:46:58 · answer #6 · answered by Danny Dix 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...naw...no one really drowns...it's all an act because they have huge lung capacities and can hold their breath under water for a very long time (glub glub)
2007-12-08 01:13:18 · answer #7 · answered by EvelynMine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL yes probably just to keep the show going.
2007-12-07 19:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are like lemmings that way.
2007-12-07 19:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by AKBOY 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a moral imperative that they do
2007-12-07 19:26:19 · answer #10 · answered by A W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋