Are you just starting out with a masters team, or considering doing so? Bill Volckening wrote an excellent article that can help, excerpted from the book “It’s Never too Late: Personal Stories of Staying Young Through Sports.”

Other useful articles on the USMS site in the same vein: “Pool Etiquette” by Phil Whitten, “Lane Etiquette” by Samantha Grant,  and “Using the Pace Clock” by Scott Rabalais. Also check out “A Fitness Ruse to Avoid” by Coach Emmett Hines on the H2Ouston Swims web site.