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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okay, maybe you all can test your theory about faster in one direction than the other. Go get some swim meet results and look at the splits--add and average every other one. Each swimmer would then have two averages--one going from deep end to shallow then from shallow to deep. Now test to see if there is a significant difference between the directions.
okay, maybe you all can test your theory about faster in one direction than the other. Go get some swim meet results and look at the splits--add and average every other one. Each swimmer would then have two averages--one going from deep end to shallow then from shallow to deep. Now test to see if there is a significant difference between the directions.
