"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I have always wondered a few things. Here they all are.
1) Besides the lack of a wall, when competing in short course, and long
course, What is the differences?
Consistently, only pool length - but there can be other differences
depending on cosntruction of individual pools. Frequently bulkheads are use
to divide long pools, and the dirrefernces between an end wall and a
bulkhead can affect turns. An local example has bulkheads which have many
hols through the wall surfaces, so there is not as great a reflection of the
wash of a (group of) approaching swimmers. As well, the height and edge
design are frequently different between end walls and bulkheads. Bulkheads
are less rigid, and overtightening the centre lane markers can make those
lanes shorter than the outside ones.
Quoted message said:Which is better? Which is worse?
Neither, really, but there are horse for courses, as the expression goes.
Quoted message said:If given
the option, how would one decide one or the other?
Some swimmers are better turners than others - they will have a small
relative advantage in short course.
Quoted message said:
2) Has anyone ever done scientific studies to prove whether or not shaving
really does make you faster?
Google "research swimming shaving" and you'll find enough to keep you happy.
Quoted message said:I know that it makes you think you are, but is
it true?
3) When I have raced, I notice that the tempurature of the water is lower.
Why do they do this?
Assuming that it is indeed lower, and you are not just feeling different
because of the situation, it may be because many pools view themselves and
not strictly competion sites, and recreational swimmers like a warmer pool.
For major meets locally, the big pool turns it down a couple of degrees.
Quoted message said:
4) Can anyone justify spending $300+ for a swimsuit that lasts a couple of
races.
Sure. Many people have money to burn.
Quoted message said:Even if I was a record breaker swimmer, would it realy shave off
enough to justify the cost?
That's an individual decision.
