An Endless Pools Thank You

I tried the Endless Pool out at LCM Nats and will admit that I was skeptical when I got in the "tub." I was extremely impressed by 1) how well the smooth flow of the current allowed you to swim quite "naturally," 2) how the flow could be adjusted to allow you to really work hard and 3) how the mirrors on the bottom of the pool allowed you to view your stroke pattern. It seemed to be very well constructed and easy to maintain. Thanks also for providing a video of my stroke. That was very helpful and much appreciated. Some suggestions, in my opinion: 1. The flow was adjusted by another person turning a continuously variable dial, that did not have any markings on it. I would think that it would be nice to have a "control panel" which allowed you to "dial in" a pre-determined setting (e.g. a current flow of "7" on a scale of 1 to 10). As you swim in the endless pool, you would know where your setting is and you wouldn't have to try to keep fine tuning the dial. 2. A timer would also be good so that you could do something like a set of 10 x 60 second swims at "8." Similar to the exercise bikes or treadmills, you might even be able to set it up so that in between the 60 second "hard" swims, you had a 15 second "easy" swim at "4" or something like that. 3. To get really fancy, this control panel could have an "up" and "down" button that the swimmer could easily tap with their hand while swimming to adjust the flow, as necessary. 4. Finally, the camera angle in the pool was set in the bottom left front corner looking up towards the swimmer. I thought it would be better to have a camera straight on from the front as well as straight from the side. At an upwards angle from one side it was very hard to compare the right vs. left hand and arm stroke patterns. Overall, a great product! Thank you. Ed Tsuzuki Garden State Masters

I tried the Endless Pool out at LCM Nats and will admit that I was skeptical when I got in the "tub." I was extremely impressed by 1) how well the smooth flow of the current allowed you to swim quite "naturally," 2) how the flow could be adjusted to allow you to really work hard and 3) how the mirrors on the bottom of the pool allowed you to view your stroke pattern. It seemed to be very well constructed and easy to maintain. Thanks also for providing a video of my stroke. That was very helpful and much appreciated. Some suggestions, in my opinion: 1. The flow was adjusted by another person turning a continuously variable dial, that did not have any markings on it. I would think that it would be nice to have a "control panel" which allowed you to "dial in" a pre-determined setting (e.g. a current flow of "7" on a scale of 1 to 10). As you swim in the endless pool, you would know where your setting is and you wouldn't have to try to keep fine tuning the dial. 2. A timer would also be good so that you could do something like a set of 10 x 60 second swims at "8." Similar to the exercise bikes or treadmills, you might even be able to set it up so that in between the 60 second "hard" swims, you had a 15 second "easy" swim at "4" or something like that. 3. To get really fancy, this control panel could have an "up" and "down" button that the swimmer could easily tap with their hand while swimming to adjust the flow, as necessary. 4. Finally, the camera angle in the pool was set in the bottom left front corner looking up towards the swimmer. I thought it would be better to have a camera straight on from the front as well as straight from the side. At an upwards angle from one side it was very hard to compare the right vs. left hand and arm stroke patterns. Overall, a great product! Thank you. Ed Tsuzuki Garden State Masters