Does Pool Depth have an effect on surface turbulence?
Former Member
I noticed that I really struggle breathing on backstroke in shallow pools (e.g. 5ft deep) because when there are a bunch of other swimmers, there's TONS of surface turbulance and I have trouble keeping my face above the water.
Should I just tuck my chin more (possibly risking my legs sinking?) or maybe try a deeper pool?
Does anyone else have this problem?
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Former Member
I will just add that I personally find that in the water doing things too slowly sometimes makes them difficult. I don't know what speed you are swimming at but I find that when doing new drills sometimes I end up going too slow to do things correctly.
The most dramatic example of this principle is butterfly, the dynamics of the stroke change entirely if you slow it down beyond a certain point. Freestyle is not so sensitive to speed but the same principles apply.
Just something to experiment with.
I will just add that I personally find that in the water doing things too slowly sometimes makes them difficult. I don't know what speed you are swimming at but I find that when doing new drills sometimes I end up going too slow to do things correctly.
The most dramatic example of this principle is butterfly, the dynamics of the stroke change entirely if you slow it down beyond a certain point. Freestyle is not so sensitive to speed but the same principles apply.
Just something to experiment with.
