As previously mentioned, the only two sports pools with one end a little deeper that the other are Mulberry and Laurel Manor, but I wouldn’t really classify them as a true deep end. The shallow end of these pools is 3.5 feet like all other sports pools and the “deep end” is 5.5 feet. I can stand flat footed anyplace in both of these pools. A true deep end (at most YMCA’s) is 10 feet and is designed for a diving board. The deeper end at both Mulberry and Laurel manor is designed for a shallow dive of a starting block for competitive swimming, not a diving board. All of the YMCA’s I have swam at over the last 15 years up north have removed their diving boards for liability reasons. Most sports pools in the Villages don’t have a deep end because water activities such as volleyball couldn’t be played in that half of the pool.
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