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.
Michael,you are right about how to handle the turbulance,but there is a current going in the direction of the swimmer. It is primarily that water you point out is rushing in to fill the void left by the swimmer. Watch the 50 free at a meet. You can clearly see the waves follow a swimmer into the wall.
I read a study on resistance between dolphin kick on the side vs prone. There was no significant difference between the 2. This makes sense to me as what slows you in shallow water is the turbulance of your motion reflected back up at you. The turbulance from your SDK will ordinarily trail you and not be a factor in slowing you down.
Michael,you are right about how to handle the turbulance,but there is a current going in the direction of the swimmer. It is primarily that water you point out is rushing in to fill the void left by the swimmer. Watch the 50 free at a meet. You can clearly see the waves follow a swimmer into the wall.
I read a study on resistance between dolphin kick on the side vs prone. There was no significant difference between the 2. This makes sense to me as what slows you in shallow water is the turbulance of your motion reflected back up at you. The turbulance from your SDK will ordinarily trail you and not be a factor in slowing you down.
