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.
It always seems to me that I am swimming faster in the shallow end of the pool. The closer you are to the pool bottom the faster your eyes are going to perceive your travel speed. I suspect that lane ropes, pool gutters, and filtration/pump systems have more effect on actual swimming speed than pool depth.
I find the exact same thing happening with me, and I came up with similar reasoning as to why. I think Michael is right in his "quit being babies" statement - I mean, if we're concentrating on how shallow the pool is, we're obviously not concentrating on our swims (maybe add another .1 to GoodSmith's tenth's list). But that's not to say the pool doesn't have an influence (Coral Springs vs HOF - SwimmieAvsPerson has a theory on this) on your swim either.
It always seems to me that I am swimming faster in the shallow end of the pool. The closer you are to the pool bottom the faster your eyes are going to perceive your travel speed. I suspect that lane ropes, pool gutters, and filtration/pump systems have more effect on actual swimming speed than pool depth.
I find the exact same thing happening with me, and I came up with similar reasoning as to why. I think Michael is right in his "quit being babies" statement - I mean, if we're concentrating on how shallow the pool is, we're obviously not concentrating on our swims (maybe add another .1 to GoodSmith's tenth's list). But that's not to say the pool doesn't have an influence (Coral Springs vs HOF - SwimmieAvsPerson has a theory on this) on your swim either.
