A visit to the pool always begins with the locker room, because you need to prepare for swimming. In any pool, the rules of visiting and the behavior of people that describe how to behave in the pool and in the locker room are always hanging. But it’s better to know about many of them in advance before setting off for water rehabilitation. First of all, this is a public place where many different people come. And strict observance of these rules will make the visit safe and harmless to health.
Locker room arrangement
In order for the locker room in the pool to comply with the rules and fulfill its functions, it must be equipped accordingly. The locker rooms in the pools are not designed for outer shoes and clothes, so these things are handed over to the wardrobe at the entrance. People should enter the locker room in rubber slippers and without jackets or coats.
Typically, boxes stand in rows between which benches are placed. This is done for ease of undressing, so that people can sit down and change clothes. Each locker should have an individual key, which a person takes to the pool with him. As a rule, the key is hanging on an elastic band or rope that can be worn on the wrist.
Shower room - between the dressing room and the pool
After changing clothes, everyone should take a shower before diving into the pool water. The rules of any sports complex include washing in the shower with soap and a washcloth for 7-10 minutes. This will keep the water in the pool clean, and all visitors to it - to be sure of this cleanliness.
Of course, in the pools there are rarely special people who check who and how to wash in the shower. Although a nurse should sit at the exit to the pool room itself. Its task is not only to check whether a person was washed, but also to examine him for skin diseases, lesions or dirt. The nurse has the right to prevent a person from swimming if he believes that he has violated any rules.
After visiting the pool, it is also recommended to take a shower to flush bleach from the body. However, this process is individual, each person can act on their own.
Intermediate dressing room in the shower
Each person comes to the shower room in slippers and a bathing suit, in which he then enters the pool. But in order to take a shower, they need to be removed, and also somewhere to hang a towel. To this end, a dressing room in the pool shower should be equipped. As a rule, it is a simple hooks on the board where you can hang all your things.
For the convenience of carrying and storing soap, washcloths and other things, pool workers recommend using small plastic bags. They are not sorry to wet and convenient to hang on hooks in the locker room.
Bathroom in the locker room pool
Any locker room in the pool should be equipped with a bathroom. His visit may be before bathing or after. Peeing in the pool water is a strict violation of the rules of the visit, for which the visitor may be asked to leave.
The rules for servicing pools and all premises require regular and thorough cleaning of the bathroom and shower with special detergents to ensure hygiene and cleanliness of each visitor.
Additional locker rooms
In addition to lockers and benches, any locker room in the pool should be equipped with additional items and accessories that provide good preparation before bathing and personal care after it. These include:
- mirrors - moreover, they should be equipped with not only a women's locker room, but also a men's one;
- hair dryer - even if the head was in a hat while bathing, the hair will still be slightly wet, so there should be several hair dryers in the locker room for drying;
- floor mats near benches - during dressing, it is better not to put your feet on the tile;
- hangers and shelves in the cabinets.
All personal hygiene items - towels, combs, shower caps - visitors should take with them. Even in modern and expensive pools, such accessories are not issued.
Children in the locker room and pool.
Swimming is a useful sport not only for adults, but also for children. Therefore, it is important to know how children should behave in the locker room of the pool and directly on the water. Firstly, a child under 12 years old must not be left alone; children can visit the pool only accompanied by adults.
Secondly, children are not allowed to run around the locker room, as slippery tiles can cause a fall or injury.
Thirdly, hygiene requirements that are intended for adults apply to children as well. From the first time a child visits the pool, he needs to explain why he needs to behave this way and not otherwise. And then he will learn to follow all the rules in order to visit the pool with pleasure and health benefits.
You cannot leave a child alone on water, even if he is already swimming quite well. Near the children there should be an instructor who is responsible for each visitor, or parent. In many pools, a special children's zone is allocated, where there is a shallow depth and each child can feel confident.
Separation of locker rooms by gender
If any features and nuances of the locker rooms in the pool can differ in different sports complexes, then one thing is constant for everyone - the locker rooms should be divided into male and female. Accordingly, showers and bathrooms in each locker room are also located in separate rooms.
The men's and women's locker rooms do not differ from each other in size, since most sports complexes attend approximately the same number of men and women. But parents with children of a different sex can have difficulties. For example, quite often a problem arises when a mother and her son come to the pool. It is impossible to let him alone into the men's locker room, because he does not know what to do and where to go, but he cannot succeed in taking the boy to the women's locker room. In this case, you can ask for help from the pool staff to help the child and explain what to do. Or take dad with you.
Pool Safety Guarantee
The first requirement that must be met before going to the pool is the availability of a medical certificate from a doctor about the state of health. It is better not to go to a pool where there is no such requirement, since the quality of the water and the service in it should be in doubt. Everyone is confident in their own health and an adequate perception of existing rules, but doubts that all other people feel and behave similarly. Therefore, in order to avoid misunderstandings and consequences, it is better to take a certificate and visit the pool, which is not allowed without it.
In order to ensure the safety of all visitors, the administration and employees comply with the hygienic requirements for swimming pools, which are prescribed in legislative and regulatory acts. Regular verification of compliance with these requirements ensures that the conditions for visiting are acceptable and convenient for people. Otherwise, the pool will not function.
Sports pools are generally larger than amateur pools. But they should be equipped more carefully. They are intended for training and competition of athletes, so the swimming lanes in sports pools are longer, there are more of them. In addition, they have curbstones and towers for jumping. To ensure a safe visit to the sports pool, several trainers must be there. They conduct group classes or simply follow discipline in the water.
Rules of conduct in the pool and locker room
When going to the pool, you need to remember a few rules of behavior that must be observed:
- Only a completely healthy person can attend water procedures.
- To visit the pool, special things are needed: swimsuit, rubber slippers, towel, hat.
- Before bathing, you must definitely change clothes and take a shower.
- The changing room in the pool is equipped with lockers, so all things are placed in an individual box, which is locked.
- Swimming in the pool, as a rule, takes 40 minutes, and another 10 minutes is given to the visitor to change clothes and take a shower before and after bathing.
- In the pool, it is necessary to fulfill all the requirements of the administration and the instructor, to swim on strictly defined lanes where there are no group classes or trainings.
Each individual pool may have its own individual requirements and rules. For example, for the loss of a key, a fine is often assigned, the size of which may vary depending on the region. Many sports centers have a gym next to the pool. Sometimes the subscription includes the cost of visiting both the gym and the pool, while in other complexes it is necessary to pay separately for each lesson.
No swimming in the pool
In addition to the rules of conduct in the pool, you also need to know the existing restrictions and prohibitions so as not to violate them. The main ones include:
- It is forbidden to visit the pool after drinking alcohol.
- You can not swim and swim in the presence of medical contraindications.
- You can not enter the locker room of the opposite sex.
- In the pool it is forbidden to eat and drink, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages.
- It is forbidden to spoil the property of the pool, open other people's boxes, take out things and objects that belong to the sports complex.
Knowledge of the rules and requirements for behavior in the pool, shower and locker room will help to avoid unpleasant situations and misunderstandings. Therefore, before buying a subscription and swimming, you need to carefully familiarize yourself with all the features of visiting this particular pool. Then the classes will be calm and will bring only benefit.