Does anyone else ever have the perception that each pool has one direction that is "faster" than the other? I swear that this is true, but can't really imagine the physics of why it would be so. In particular, it seems to me that going from the deep end to the shallow end almost always seems "faster" than going from the shallow end into the deep end. I speak specifically of 25 yard pools with one end about 12 feet deep and the other end about 3-4 feet deep since I have little experience with anything else. In all cases, the water jets are symmetrical in placement and seem to be pushing out the same amount of water (roughly). These are also indoor pools, so there are no wind effects and we aren't talking about when the water buffalo...err... water aerobics people are creating tsunami in the shallow end.
Or am I crazy? (No cheap shots on that one.)
-LBJ
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I used to swim in a pool in Texas that had a hidden current. We didn't realize it for about 3 years! Finally someone put a pull buoy in the lane and it started moving faster on one side of the pool than the other. Needless to say swimming in lanes 1-2 were much more encouraging going one way and swimming in lanes 7-8 were faster going the other, so besides the 50M swim, it all worked out. Your pool could be built downhill also!! :D
I used to swim in a pool in Texas that had a hidden current. We didn't realize it for about 3 years! Finally someone put a pull buoy in the lane and it started moving faster on one side of the pool than the other. Needless to say swimming in lanes 1-2 were much more encouraging going one way and swimming in lanes 7-8 were faster going the other, so besides the 50M swim, it all worked out. Your pool could be built downhill also!! :D
