Training fins (flippers) not allowed in swimming pool. Does pool management has the right to do this?
I own a pair of very short swimming fins designed by a top world class manufacturer exclusively for swimming pool training. However I was banned from using them in a London pool. It is definetely a swimming pool accessory and NOT scuba or open sea water long flippers. My fins have rounded rubber padded ends for safety protection.
In the same pool there is a SCUBA course where they use fins. It seems that management is discriminating fin use according to customer return and they are more lax with safety rules, if they make additional money. They make the same amount of money, if I use fins or not. If I became a scuba trainee, they will make more money from me and allow me to wear fins, actually sea fins!
I need to use the fins to rehabilitate from an orthopedic condition, so I will appreciate any serious replies. Thanks
That is outreagous!! It can’t be 1 rule for you and 1 rule for other people. In my opinion the management do not have the right to do that, like you said they are still making money from you. Did you mention to them about your orthpedic condition? If you did and they still won’t budge…i would use another swimming pool.
The owner of the pool has the right to regulate the use of items in the pool because it is a private property unless the prohibition is against the law.
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That is outreagous!! It can’t be 1 rule for you and 1 rule for other people. In my opinion the management do not have the right to do that, like you said they are still making money from you. Did you mention to them about your orthpedic condition? If you did and they still won’t budge…i would use another swimming pool.
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They can do it, because they can run their business any way they want.
If you are sharing the lanes with other users who don’t use fins it may be uncomfortable for them if you use fins. You go much faster and fins still look unsafe to collide with.
One thing is sharing the pool with scuba/fin users, but sharing the lane is completely different.
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Former competitive swimmer.
If they let 1 person with 1 thing, they’d have to let everyone do it & all their other swim things like floatsy & masks & under water propeller thingys & evrything. They have to draw the line somewhere & none is better then trying to debat what can & can’t be allowed.
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As the manager of the largest fitness center and Olympic pool complex in Las Vegas, I find it outrageous that the swimming pool staff are so naive to understand your needs and situation. Are they allowed in my pool…..yes for a 4 hour period where orthopedic, elderly and aqua aerobics is being conducted.
It sounds a little discriminating, and I would follow up on it:
1. Letter from doctor stating your orthopedic condition and the benefits of the fins and swimming.
2. Copy of this letter and a written statement from the manager of the swimming pool sent to the Mayor, politician, human rights person in London, and send a copy to Mr. Blair.
Unfair and discriminating.
There has to be a swimming pool with posted hours for people in your situation. Fight for your rights!
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Master Fitness Instructor & Fitness Trainer, IFPA
Las Vegas, Nevada
.but the scuba is in a closed session with only other scuba people…….. you want to swim in an open session and could cause damage to others… therefore incurring insurance issues and safety issues….join a private health club that will allow you to use them instead of a cheap public pool. the facilities are for the masses not the few .
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Yes
It relates to health and safety and they do not intend to get into arguments, it is easier to ban them all from their point of view
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Maybe if you got a note from your GP and presented it to the manager of the pool they would relent.
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it all depends on the size of the pool and how many people are in the pool. Its all down to the health and safety.
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yes they do have the right under public saftey
the scuba diving is a club which hires the pool for that purpose and there is no public in the pool it is the same with swimming clubs they also hire the pool and use flippers
both these clubs have to take out insurance for all the personal on and in the pool
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registered swimming official
Yes they can do this. They have absolute discretion as they own/lease the property and are responsible for every visitor.
When the scuba club meet there they have fully qualified instructors who are responsible for the member’s safety. This is why they are permitted to use this equipment.
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Yes they can make this stipulation. However, you might politely check with them about arranging a time when you could use the fins. If you antagonize them with belligerant behaviior you will get no where. They may even refuse you entry at all. Talk to them, tell them exactly what your requirements are and the reason for them. You might even have your doctor contact them to explain why you need to use the fins. The pool in our area allows fins only at certain times and only by adults in designated lanes. You might have to pay extra to come in earlier or later than their regular hours.
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They have the right to set any rules they want for use of the facility. However, if they allowed some people to do it, and not others, that would be discrimination and you might have a claim against them.
I suggest you save up and open your own pool. Then you can set the rules.
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There is a problem with ‘flippers’ in a public pool in that someone might get hurt. Its just another health and safety issue. The nanny state treating us all like children.
It was the case, even in my misbegotten childhood and youth of the 1940s and 50s that NO FLIPPERS IS ALLOWED IN THIS HERE POOL – OKAY!
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