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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It is surprising what you can do when it is neccessary.
When we swam in Hamilton the shallow end was 3 feet deep. We swam our continuous 25 yard relays in this pool. We learned how to dive in and swim from the shallow end (many a scrapped nose and arms). The pool was shallow for 15 yards went from 3' to 4' then a step up to a 3 ft shelf all the way across the pool for the whole width, then went to 9' deep for 9 yards. It was a slow pool but we had several Olympians come out of that pool.
The three foot ledge is no longer there it was removed in 1975. I used that ledge to tell me only 10 yards to the finish.
It was great for leverage when playing waterpolo. You could really shoot that ball with a foot on the ledge (not legal, I cheated).
We can still dive through the hole but just don't go too deep in a shallow pool. I was never a flat diver. I entered short and streamlined out of my dives and was always first coming out of dives. Those flat divers sure hit the water hard.
It is surprising what you can do when it is neccessary.
When we swam in Hamilton the shallow end was 3 feet deep. We swam our continuous 25 yard relays in this pool. We learned how to dive in and swim from the shallow end (many a scrapped nose and arms). The pool was shallow for 15 yards went from 3' to 4' then a step up to a 3 ft shelf all the way across the pool for the whole width, then went to 9' deep for 9 yards. It was a slow pool but we had several Olympians come out of that pool.
The three foot ledge is no longer there it was removed in 1975. I used that ledge to tell me only 10 yards to the finish.
It was great for leverage when playing waterpolo. You could really shoot that ball with a foot on the ledge (not legal, I cheated).
We can still dive through the hole but just don't go too deep in a shallow pool. I was never a flat diver. I entered short and streamlined out of my dives and was always first coming out of dives. Those flat divers sure hit the water hard.
