I'm new at competing and just went to my second meet where the entire pool was only 4ft deep. I didn't know how to dive properly. I came within inches of the bottom each time, and then when I tried to sdk for power and momentum I kicked the bottom with my feet and lost efficiency trying to get up and out on top. Plus, when trying to do the kick out, on breaststroke, at turns, I didn't have the room to use my strength and power to do it properly, I felt constrained.
What do the rest of you do?
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The water in a deep pool is no more dense than it is in a shallower pool. So your bouyancy at the surface is unchanged. If you raced at depth instead of at the surface the greater pressure of the water would compress your body slightly, making you less dense (scuba divers are familiar with this principle).
The water in a deep pool is no more dense than it is in a shallower pool. So your bouyancy at the surface is unchanged. If you raced at depth instead of at the surface the greater pressure of the water would compress your body slightly, making you less dense (scuba divers are familiar with this principle).
