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orca1946 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:27:03 GMT

Yes, deeper is better. On our 1960 - 64 swim team at Reavis HS in Burbank, Il, we learned NOT to hit the bottom after each of did it ONCE!

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TRYM_Swimmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:51:16 GMT

In the late 50's, early 60's we were taught to do a flat start, almost belly flops. We didn't have anything to grab on the starts, so they tended not to go very deep.

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srcoyote — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:39:46 GMT

I remember a Y pool in the Florida panhandle in the '80's at which we had an annual meet that the blocks were into water less than three feet deep. I was terrified every time I started from those. Fortunately, I never had any incident nor did anyone at any meet I attended.

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fatboy — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:52:34 GMT

I remember blocks at the shallow end 3.5 ft deep in 1970's HS and college. Only saw one swimmer get hurt - nasty scrap on forehead. Much safer now. Glad they moved them. YMCA pool where I swim sometimes has 6.5 ft deep end and no diving allowed.

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Jimbosback — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:05:29 GMT

And I have a feeling there were lots of bad accidents caused by people diving into shallow water. The pool where I grew up was 3' 8" with no deep end. We had a separate diving well. In all my years swimming there and lifeguarding there, we never had a serious accident. A few morons sprained ankles jumping in feet first while I was working, though. My start is pretty bad now, and I blame this pool. I can't learn to 'thread the needle'. And sometimes by habit I start kicking in the air.

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habu987 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:36:12 GMT

I remember an age group meet around 10-15 years ago where the start end was *maybe* 3 feet deep. I had to do flutter kick off the start and turns in order not to kick the bottom of the pool, since my dolphin kick is bigger than my flutter. Seriously sketchy pool.

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magick17 — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:29:00 GMT

We have one of those at out pool

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jpetyk — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:37:31 GMT

3.5 feet, anyway. Almost every day for the better part of 10 years. Never saw anyone get hurt. But I guess it only takes once. Smacked my face off of the bottom a couple of times...but that's how I learned to not go too deep. :doh:

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Gary P — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:28:21 GMT

I always laugh a little when I see these signs. Who else remembers going off blocks in the 3 feet of water in most H S pools? 3.5 feet, anyway. Almost every day for the better part of 10 years. Never saw anyone get hurt. But I guess it only takes once.

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orca1946 — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:51:54 GMT

I always laugh a little when I see these signs. Who else remembers going off blocks in the 3 feet of water in most H S pools?

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knelson — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 01:08:57 GMT

3.5 feet, anyway. Almost every day for the better part of 10 years. Never saw anyone get hurt. But I guess it only takes once. And I have a feeling there were lots of bad accidents caused by people diving into shallow water.

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Elaine Krugman — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:22:08 GMT

Well I see your point...the starting blocks in the shallow "no diving" end. But I think that 5.5 feet is plenty deep enough for diving starts of races. Does the pool have a 'deep' end? It seems like they'd have put the blocks there. Dan That is the deep end! :D Now, in all fairness to the staff at the pool, I did ask about the sign. The only "diving" allowed is by trained competitive swimmers when a coach is present on deck. They just don't allow diving by recreational swimmers who don't have a clue...

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ForceDJ — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:00:01 GMT