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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Kevin's on to something here. To add to this, two pools in this area come to mind as far as the shallow end is concerned: The Natatoriums at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. If my memory serves me correctly (?), they are both at least 8 ft. deep in the shallow ends, becoming deeper for the diving wells (to 13 ft.). This probably results in a uniform state of non-turbulence, not to mention the use of deep guttering systems and the use of two lane dividers for each lane, even at the lanes on the ends. (Won't this be nice to have in the back yard?) Wouldn't this make an interesting question to ask the likes of Michael Phelps et al?
Kevin's on to something here. To add to this, two pools in this area come to mind as far as the shallow end is concerned: The Natatoriums at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. If my memory serves me correctly (?), they are both at least 8 ft. deep in the shallow ends, becoming deeper for the diving wells (to 13 ft.). This probably results in a uniform state of non-turbulence, not to mention the use of deep guttering systems and the use of two lane dividers for each lane, even at the lanes on the ends. (Won't this be nice to have in the back yard?) Wouldn't this make an interesting question to ask the likes of Michael Phelps et al?
