Quick Question... fast pool

some pools are considered to be fast pools because of how they were designed and how they are maintained. Like the Texas swimming center in Austin is considered to be a FAST POOL Fast Pools tend to: + be Deep like 8 or 9 feet as opposed to 4 + have overflow gutters so waves just flow over the side instead of bouncing off the walls and creating more turbulence for swimmers + be well lit and airy + have grippy walls where swimmers turn as apposed to slippery walls + great water temps + clear water, + excellent wave killing lane ropes + host big meets, like olympic trials, NCAA's, nationals and such. + big score boards, + nice locker rooms, What else? the swim center main pool is 9 foot all the way across, has over flow gutters, is well lit, spacious, ... slow pools can be shallow, have bad gutters, slippery walls, water that's either too warm or too cold hazy opaque water Slow pools basically the opposite of fast pools. It's actually good to train in a slow pool then compete in a fast pool, you're likely to improve from racing in a better pool. You can swim faster faster when you race in a fast pool. Ande Originally posted by jswim I have noticed on a few different occasions where people have mentioned the apparent "speed" of the pool they swim in. anyone want to enlighten a clueless person as to what this means? ;)

some pools are considered to be fast pools because of how they were designed and how they are maintained. Like the Texas swimming center in Austin is considered to be a FAST POOL Fast Pools tend to: + be Deep like 8 or 9 feet as opposed to 4 + have overflow gutters so waves just flow over the side instead of bouncing off the walls and creating more turbulence for swimmers + be well lit and airy + have grippy walls where swimmers turn as apposed to slippery walls + great water temps + clear water, + excellent wave killing lane ropes + host big meets, like olympic trials, NCAA's, nationals and such. + big score boards, + nice locker rooms, What else? the swim center main pool is 9 foot all the way across, has over flow gutters, is well lit, spacious, ... slow pools can be shallow, have bad gutters, slippery walls, water that's either too warm or too cold hazy opaque water Slow pools basically the opposite of fast pools. It's actually good to train in a slow pool then compete in a fast pool, you're likely to improve from racing in a better pool. You can swim faster faster when you race in a fast pool. Ande Originally posted by jswim I have noticed on a few different occasions where people have mentioned the apparent "speed" of the pool they swim in. anyone want to enlighten a clueless person as to what this means? ;)