I'm back at school now and it feels so much better swimming at my schools pool than at my local Y becasuse my school pool has a 13 feet deep end. the Y is shallow, its 3 feet on one end.
Deep water is so much better than shallow water.
How about discussing the turbulence and volume of water?
There is no stream of water following you into a wall to turn, just the turbulence created in the approach. If your streamline is nice and tight and you push off square to the wall, you will not notice very much past 3 feet from the wall where your (kicking) feet last were.
And quit being such babies about 3 feet of water in which to turn! In college, I regularly swam in park pools during Summer practice that were 24 inches or less deep at the wall in the shallow end. THAT was hard to turn on. But my fingernails were always nicely trimmed.
Deep water is faster? Probably. But consider this. In 1974, John Trembly set an American record of 20.066 for the 50 Freestyle in NCAA Championships held in Long Beach, California. The pool was 3.5 feet deep at the start end and less than 5 feet deep at the wooden bulkhead turn. it was 10 years before anyone went 19 seconds in any pool. Fast is fast in any location or condition.
How about discussing the turbulence and volume of water?
There is no stream of water following you into a wall to turn, just the turbulence created in the approach. If your streamline is nice and tight and you push off square to the wall, you will not notice very much past 3 feet from the wall where your (kicking) feet last were.
And quit being such babies about 3 feet of water in which to turn! In college, I regularly swam in park pools during Summer practice that were 24 inches or less deep at the wall in the shallow end. THAT was hard to turn on. But my fingernails were always nicely trimmed.
Deep water is faster? Probably. But consider this. In 1974, John Trembly set an American record of 20.066 for the 50 Freestyle in NCAA Championships held in Long Beach, California. The pool was 3.5 feet deep at the start end and less than 5 feet deep at the wooden bulkhead turn. it was 10 years before anyone went 19 seconds in any pool. Fast is fast in any location or condition.
