Some thoughts. A regulation lap pool is 25 yards, or 75 feet long, way longer than most lots will allow. Our pool is 12 x 24 feet and 3.5 to 5.5 feet deep. Check out superswim.com. It’s a great product that allows you to swim forever, and vary your pace from leisure to sprinting, in a relatively small pool. We have one set up in our pool and there is plenty of room. Nothing replaces actually swimming laps in a regulation lap pool, but the super swim is a great alternative. Between using the super swim in our pool and swimming laps in the sports pools, a day never passes in the Villages were I don’t swim the equivalent of a minimum of a mile. For swimming don’t go any shallower than 3.5 feet, and preferably deeper. Salt water pools are great, as are waterfalls. We love standing under the waterfall with warm water cascading onto the back of our necks. Also, deeper water allows for a great workout with water weights. Also, build a rectangular pool. Kidney or other strange shaped pools are a waste of useable space. Rectangular shaped pools both maximize usable pool space and make it very easy to put on and remove the pool cover. Yes, get a good pool cover. Ours is stored on a roller that is built into the pool deck. It literally takes one person about a minute to put on or remove the cover with that set up. Hope that helps and good luck with the new pool.
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