A Question For The Swimmers Who Know How To Count

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Slowboy Feb 2012 10:05am, 9 Feb 2012 6,787 posts	0 Slowboy Head to the lake. You only need to be able to count to "2", max. Unless it's quite a small lake.
JenL Feb 2012 10:23am, 9 Feb 2012 20,856 posts	0 JenL Sing as you go - One rendition of Sweet Dreams Are Made of This does between 6 and 8 lengths (mostly 6 but I can set myself little challenges :-)). Or just PAY ATTENTION
Nick Cook Feb 2012 10:39am, 9 Feb 2012 8,171 posts	0 Nick Cook Another vote for Poolmate here. I was always losing count - no problems now.
RichHL Feb 2012 9:42pm, 15 Feb 2012 3,344 posts	0 RichHL The Poolmate doobrie appeals to the toy collector in me. I do like my toys...
Hodge68 Mar 2012 9:22am, 25 Mar 2012 8 posts	0 Hodge68 Morrning , i also have problems with the count and have considered the poolmate,YMP wrote his lost count in a small pool, does the length of the pool help, i use a 25m and a 33.3m.
Son of a Pronator Man Mar 2012 9:34am, 25 Mar 2012 6,159 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man Sorry to be smug but is counting that hard? I always start at the same end so up is odd and back is even.
jacdaw Mar 2012 12:02pm, 25 Mar 2012 94 posts	0 jacdaw Poolmate works for me, but not for Mrs JD. I think it depends on style (on push off?).
JenL Mar 2012 3:03pm, 25 Mar 2012 21,326 posts	0 JenL I'm like you, SoaPM in that I tend not to lose count (or else I always do and have never noticed - who knows, really?) but I know swimmers who find it hard to keep track beyond the "odd number/even number" position and I suppose if you were trying to do timed sets of 6, 8, 10 lengths that could be a nuisance.
Hourglass Mar 2012 4:29pm, 25 Mar 2012 7,453 posts	0 Hourglass Would it be easier to remember a letter? - say length one is A, two is B and so on ...and if it's a particules tiring/boring/'no one to neb at' swim think of things that start with that letter for that length ...and for even more nerdy fun, think of a theme for that swim
RichHL Mar 2012 6:23pm, 25 Mar 2012 3,479 posts	0 RichHL I lack imagination as well as counting ability so I bought a Poolmate in the end and it's worked flawlessly so far. I'm even swimming more in order to justify buying it.