ok i found my protractor... was hiding under my desk this whole time!!
I measured the angle of the backstop from the closeup photo in that original post's link. Using the top of the block as zero (in other words, my protractor is already slanted 10 degrees), the backstop is at a 30 degree angle (or 30 degrees + the angle of the block).
You know there's obsession in the air when we're breaking out protractors:D! It seems to me that FINA will have to change the rules to use these blocks. But I don't think they will make any blocks (and especially any pools) obsolete. It seems that these would be extremely easy to retrofit on existing blocks and have them be easily removable.
ok i found my protractor... was hiding under my desk this whole time!!
I measured the angle of the backstop from the closeup photo in that original post's link. Using the top of the block as zero (in other words, my protractor is already slanted 10 degrees), the backstop is at a 30 degree angle (or 30 degrees + the angle of the block).
You know there's obsession in the air when we're breaking out protractors:D! It seems to me that FINA will have to change the rules to use these blocks. But I don't think they will make any blocks (and especially any pools) obsolete. It seems that these would be extremely easy to retrofit on existing blocks and have them be easily removable.
