Does it make difference which direction of pool you swim?
Former Member
If the two ends of the pool have different depth, does it make difference to you whether you are swimming from the shallow end to deep end, or from deep to shallow? It makes difference to me. Sometimes I'm good one way, sometimes the other way. Even plain flutter kicking feels different, one way feels easier than the other.
No one has addressed to me currents in a pool. I am sure they exist, how can I determine the current(s) in pools that I swim.
I have been told that deeper pools are faster pools because of compressional waves generated as you swim through water, dissipate behind you. In a shallow pool the compressional waves do not have time to dissipate and can interfere with your forward motion.
A person who is more versed, than I, could provide you the equation of the speed of compressional waves as related to swimming. I learned about the relationship of compressional waves as they relate to swimming last year.
No one has addressed to me currents in a pool. I am sure they exist, how can I determine the current(s) in pools that I swim.
I have been told that deeper pools are faster pools because of compressional waves generated as you swim through water, dissipate behind you. In a shallow pool the compressional waves do not have time to dissipate and can interfere with your forward motion.
A person who is more versed, than I, could provide you the equation of the speed of compressional waves as related to swimming. I learned about the relationship of compressional waves as they relate to swimming last year.
