I coach at a YMCA pool (built in 1956 and is a 20 yard pool) where the air temperature ranges around 92-95 degrees and the water temp is usually around 88 degrees. Also, there is poor ventilation because the ventilation system is not working properly. Lately I have come home after coaching with terrible headaches. I worry about our age-group swimmers too because they are working out in such warm temps. The maintenance dept and Y will not lower the temp and have not taken our complaints as a priority. Is this a dangerous situation or do I need to just grin and bear it. Please advise if anyone can help or tell me who we can alert. Thanks!
I completely disagree. Big shiny pools bring in the crowds, crowds bring in the dollars, dollars bring in more and better coaches. A dumpy squatty hot pool is not going to attract as many folks. If you want proof, go to cities that have mega pool complexes and the old dumpsters. See which ones have overall better teams and coaches.
I drive 20 miles, averaging 50+ minutes, from work to the University of Maryland's pool, three days a week. On the way, I drive past:
Rockville Municipal Swim Center - public, 2 indoor SCM and 1 outdoor LCM (summer only)
Montgomery Aquatic Center - public, indoor SCM
B-CC YMCA - where I am a part-time member - 2 indoor SCY, 1 outdoor SCM
Stone Ridge HS pool (indoor SCY)
Georgetown Prep HS pool (indoor SCM x SCY)
Silver Spring YMCA - SCM outdoor
Tacoma Recreation Center (DC) - indoor 50m, usually SCY
Prep's pool is actually really nice (it costs $23k/yr to go there). But for all the other convenient pools (RMSC is 2 mi down the street), I'd rather swim at UMD. I know the facility is clean. The air is not stifling. The water is bearable. The pool is not a small hole in the ground. The Masters team is active and good. The coaches are top-notch, ambitious, and very knowlegeable about the latest and greatest technique.
I completely disagree. Big shiny pools bring in the crowds, crowds bring in the dollars, dollars bring in more and better coaches. A dumpy squatty hot pool is not going to attract as many folks. If you want proof, go to cities that have mega pool complexes and the old dumpsters. See which ones have overall better teams and coaches.
I drive 20 miles, averaging 50+ minutes, from work to the University of Maryland's pool, three days a week. On the way, I drive past:
Rockville Municipal Swim Center - public, 2 indoor SCM and 1 outdoor LCM (summer only)
Montgomery Aquatic Center - public, indoor SCM
B-CC YMCA - where I am a part-time member - 2 indoor SCY, 1 outdoor SCM
Stone Ridge HS pool (indoor SCY)
Georgetown Prep HS pool (indoor SCM x SCY)
Silver Spring YMCA - SCM outdoor
Tacoma Recreation Center (DC) - indoor 50m, usually SCY
Prep's pool is actually really nice (it costs $23k/yr to go there). But for all the other convenient pools (RMSC is 2 mi down the street), I'd rather swim at UMD. I know the facility is clean. The air is not stifling. The water is bearable. The pool is not a small hole in the ground. The Masters team is active and good. The coaches are top-notch, ambitious, and very knowlegeable about the latest and greatest technique.
