How about some reminiscing about the worst pools you ever were forced to work out and/or compete in ??
Our old pool was 20 yards long, with gutters and the deck was about 2 feet above that. The water level was always low, so it was like ocean swimming every day. There were no starting blocks and the "lane lines" were nylon cord with a plastic bobber every 3 feet or so. The water was always quite warm to accomodate the family swims and lessons that were also sharing the pool during the day.
Since goggles had not yet been invented and the only antiseptic method was chlorine (lots of it), we would have those chlorine "light halos" until the next day. The kick-boards were solid, varnished wood and they doubled as pull-buoys. There were no fins or hand paddles.
Thank the higher power of your choice that we had a GREAT coach.
Oh, did I mention that they used to beat us with knives???
Bert
I have swum in several bad pools,like the HS meet at a white pool with no lines down the middle or targets at the ends,but the worst had to have been at a meet at TCU(in 1970 I think) after they had some problem with the filtration and the water was green with a visibility of about 3 inches.There was a collision in the 400 free when someone came up in the wrong lane without knowing it and several other near collisions.
I have swum in several bad pools,like the HS meet at a white pool with no lines down the middle or targets at the ends,but the worst had to have been at a meet at TCU(in 1970 I think) after they had some problem with the filtration and the water was green with a visibility of about 3 inches.There was a collision in the 400 free when someone came up in the wrong lane without knowing it and several other near collisions.
