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Originally Posted by asianthree
When swimming laps at the sports pools you do spend a large amount of your workout pushing off a wall. I do find I swim less laps here then in a reg lap lane.
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Exactly! If someone is training to compete (or even best their own 25/50/100 split of "stroke X") - it is nice to have a pool that is of "Standard", and that includes the "T" before the wall so you know where to flip.
I once swam in an off length pool where the T on one side was about two feet closer to the T on the other side...kept landing my ankles on the pool deck...felt SUPER fast though doing 1.0x 100's (free) - only to hit reality in a proper length pool. Then, as long as you know it is "short" - all is good (and you cant use the pool for real Masters competitions).