For all you chlorine addicted swimmers out there, who do not have their own pool, what would be some reasons you would not install a lap pool in your yard (assuming you had the money and room for a pool). I have wanted to buy a house just so I can put in a pool to swim in, however, I have a bit of motion sensitivity, and the rockier the water, the worse I feel. I'm thinking that a lap pool would be very choppy. That's the only reason I haven't moved yet. What would be your reasons?
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EJB, why isn't it "good for laps?" Too short? Too choppy?
Whoa! $300 a week for a pool boy! I should give up teaching!:D
The problem I have is 40 ft (13.3 yards, which is larger than most backyard pools) is way too short to swim laps in. After making a flip turn your about half way down the pool. Another couple strokes and you're at the wall again. The walls aren't designed to absorb the wake either so it gets a little choppy, but I actually don't mind choppiness (I find it motivating?), though a lot of water can get out of the pool. Additionally, the stairs of my pool are at the end which gives you a very narrow area to kick off of when turning and then your basically swimming 1ft from the wall. For this reason, forget butterfly... and backstroke becomes a little dangerous (esp with the lack of flags). Plus, its only useful for a few months out of the year in New England.
All in all though, its not exactly a enjoyable experience. I mean, Its good for practicing flip turns I guess. Sometimes I do a quick wake up swim or if I don't have time to make it to the lap pool.
We don't have the room for it. I also do not have the money to build it. Being in CT, it would have to be indoors. I'd love to have something that close that I didn't have to share with other people. While I like swimming with the people I know, some days I just want to be alone!
Hello to another CT member. I think we all have those days when we want to swim alone and not have to deal with other "idiots" in our lane or the lanes next to us haha (refer to swim rant thread).
EJB, why isn't it "good for laps?" Too short? Too choppy?
Whoa! $300 a week for a pool boy! I should give up teaching!:D
The problem I have is 40 ft (13.3 yards, which is larger than most backyard pools) is way too short to swim laps in. After making a flip turn your about half way down the pool. Another couple strokes and you're at the wall again. The walls aren't designed to absorb the wake either so it gets a little choppy, but I actually don't mind choppiness (I find it motivating?), though a lot of water can get out of the pool. Additionally, the stairs of my pool are at the end which gives you a very narrow area to kick off of when turning and then your basically swimming 1ft from the wall. For this reason, forget butterfly... and backstroke becomes a little dangerous (esp with the lack of flags). Plus, its only useful for a few months out of the year in New England.
All in all though, its not exactly a enjoyable experience. I mean, Its good for practicing flip turns I guess. Sometimes I do a quick wake up swim or if I don't have time to make it to the lap pool.
We don't have the room for it. I also do not have the money to build it. Being in CT, it would have to be indoors. I'd love to have something that close that I didn't have to share with other people. While I like swimming with the people I know, some days I just want to be alone!
Hello to another CT member. I think we all have those days when we want to swim alone and not have to deal with other "idiots" in our lane or the lanes next to us haha (refer to swim rant thread).
