New Pool = Faster Times?

No. 

I forgot what the font for sarcasm was!

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without the spaces. 

Good points....the new pool is much deeper and yes it has some sort of gutter system.

Definitely there is a difference between pools, 

as other people have said the deeper the pool the faster it is likely to be.  lane ropes make a difference, gutters on the outside make a difference.  But also the type of water makes a difference too,  chlorine, salt, etc.

I am very lucky and can swim at a great bit aquatic centre,  which has held a few world championship swimming meets in its time.   there are 5 pools there,  3 50m pools.   2 of those pools are competition pools one is a warm up pool which has a deeper end which can be used for water polo.

the competition pools are 10lane pools,  the warm up pool is 8 lane pool.  we have done tests with some of the good swimmers at my club,  there are definite noticeable differences between the comp pools and the warm up pools.  

Can I just make a comment on that statement though.  I don't think any sporting type facility (within reason) can be classed as a foolish investment in taxpayers money.

Being in a country which has jsut overtaken the US as the fattest nation apparently, I wholeheartedly encourage any type of development in the health and fitness arena. 

any money spent encouraging people to swim or move in any fashion has got to be good to help the rapidly increasing obesity problems.  thus decreasing the taxpayer spend for healthcare facilities, ie hospitals drs etc.

thats my take on it anyway.

 Not after next week!

Colder water is heavier so you float better. :-)

Seriously, there are many design issues in the construction of a pool that can improve swim times. Depth of the pool, the width of the lanes, the number of lanes, the design of the gutters and the lane lines. There is a real science to it. Of course there is the additional issue of the sheer number of people (waves and turbulence) in the pool at the same time. And the most critical factor . . . the slow guy in the lane ahead of you.

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I forgot we had to play that baseball team out west next week.  I hope they remember to put on a helmet and pads before they come out of their dugout!

You could gain a lot of speed by not thinking there is a swimming "off season".  Then you could tack that speed onto your newfound speed from the faster pool (yes, such things exist) and be really fast next year.

Swim year round.  There is no off season....