Is Coral Springs pool (SCY nationals) considered a fast pool? Anybody have any input

Does it matter? Everyone will be sharing the same "advantage/disadvantage" regardless.

Coral Springs has a pool set up similar to the Fort Lauderdale facility.

Originally posted by Its a slow show ..... Just curious regarding its ratings with past swimmers who have competed in it. What have the reports been and from who? Originally posted by mbmg3282 Coral Springs has a pool set up similar to the Fort Lauderdale facility. Ft Lauderdale's been around for ages, have they done any remodeling in the last 20 years?

My question was really simple Mr. Clemmons. Does anybody know, first hand, if the pool is considered fast or average. I grasp the idea that the competition is all relative. Just curious regarding its ratings with past swimmers who have competed in it.

Originally posted by thewookiee Personally, I think swimmers make the pool fast, not the pool itself. While I generally agree with this statement, I suggest you take a trip to the downtown Y in Columbia, SC. Not only is the place creepy in an Alcatraz type of way, it's 20 yards with no gutter and walls about 2 feet above the water level. Oh yeah, and it's kept at a laineybug lovin' 90 degrees.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Haven't swum at Coral Springs, but it's got to be faster than Fort Lauderdale's museum of a facility. Mr Goodsmith: I could have swore that you said you would rather swim in a museum of a facility pool that had a good vacation spot than a very fast pool that is not in a good vacation spot. I swam at this pool about 10 years ago and they added 2 pools since then. The gutter design and depth to me was better than Fort Lauderdale. From the picture on the website it looks we will be in both pools next to the diving pool with the distance events swam both places.

Haven't swum at Coral Springs, but it's got to be faster than Fort Lauderdale's museum of a facility. John Smith

I've been to the pool, swam in it, seen times from meets at the pool...it is good pool for fast swimming. I do have to agree with Clemmmons though, it will be the same for everyone. Personally, I think swimmers make the pool fast, not the pool itself.

Does anybody know, first hand, if the pool is considered fast or average. Has anybody ever compiled scientific evidence to prove such a difference actually exists? Yes. You want data? - it's out there. It's all over this forum in various places and other locations outside USMS. Go fetch. Of course a 2-3 foot deep pool is going to be slower than a 6-7 foot pool or a 10 foot pool. Gutter construction, lane lines, starting blocks, water temp, blah blah blah, all play an integral part of the so called "speed" of a pool. However, you (mentally) are going to play the biggest (or not) role of just how fast that pool is. Remember, Michael Phelps set a world record in the 400 IM in the so-called sloooow IHOF pool of Fort Lauderdale a couple of years back. No, it's certainly not the nicest facility I've ever swum in but the ambiance plays a huge part. It must have for him too.

"Consideration" is all in the head of the beholder. What you "consider" is what the results will more than likely turn out to be.