This may or may not have been discussed in the past but I am wondering what are people's favorite pools. Which one is your all time favorite to practice in and to race in.
My favorite practice pool was The Baylor School's old 6 lane, 25 yard pool. I think the deepest part of the pool was 4 1/2 feet. Shallow, really wavy and crowded. I knew if I swam fast in that pool, either in duel meets or practice, I could swim fast anywhere else.
My favorite pool for big meets is the Tracy Caulkins pool in Nashville. We would go to our LCS and State Championships. The pool is fast. When you dove in, you would get pysched to race in the pool.
What about others? Would love to hear about other pools.
Thanks!
John
Parents
Former Member
Favorite for swimming fast: Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln Nebraska.
Most interesting: My indoor age-group pool where about 80 of us worked out in the old Hastings Nebraska YMCA - 3 lanes wide, 17yds long. We didn't do circle swimming, we did "snake" swimming.
We would all line up in single file and start down lane 1, swim back on lane 2, then go down lane 3 and then get out of the pool because it was so crowded.....wait until everyone had finished swimming down lane 1 and then start all over again.
It seemed quite normal at the time.
It's no wonder all the kids from Hastings Nebraska were excellent sprinters and had the fastest flip turns but really stunk at the distance swims.
Favorite for swimming fast: Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln Nebraska.
Most interesting: My indoor age-group pool where about 80 of us worked out in the old Hastings Nebraska YMCA - 3 lanes wide, 17yds long. We didn't do circle swimming, we did "snake" swimming.
We would all line up in single file and start down lane 1, swim back on lane 2, then go down lane 3 and then get out of the pool because it was so crowded.....wait until everyone had finished swimming down lane 1 and then start all over again.
It seemed quite normal at the time.
It's no wonder all the kids from Hastings Nebraska were excellent sprinters and had the fastest flip turns but really stunk at the distance swims.
