What is the International standard for the swimming pool in the shallow area?

Question

Our pool was reconstructed recently and it seems that instead of shallow of 3feet we have a shallow of 2.75ft but on measuring it it was found to be below 2.5ft which is why our hand touches the floor on swimming freestyle in shallow. Just wondering that the international standard for shallow is.

Also, any tips for improving buoyancy while swimming in such a situation?

Answer 1

supposedly 2 meters, which is a bit over 6 feet, but I don't think very many pools around are that deep on each end.  I would say most are 3 feet deep.

Answer 2

Residential swimming pools are commonly built to clients specifications.

Most builders will only commit

to APPROX. measurements,

unless pool is prefab.

Answer 3

What "international standard" are you referring to? Surely any international standard would not specify a distance in English units. According to FINA, competition pools should be at least 1 meter in depth, but 2 meters is preferred.

Here is an excerpt from the FINA handbook:

http://www.kieferpool.com/poolinfo/FINA_...

and a link to give depth suggestions for pools, but it is not a "standard":

http://swimming.about.com/od/buildapool/...

Now that your pool is in place, I suggest you learn a shallower pull -- not because you have a shallow pool, but because it is better stroke mechanics. If your hands are going down more than two feet, you are putting too much "up and down" motion in your stroke and you are wasting energy bobbing up and down in the water (although you may not perceive it).

Do some drills where you draw your thumb down the center of your body (touching your torso through the whole stroke). Then try swimming with your thumb about 6 inches from your body. It won't make your pool any deeper, but you'll end up with a more efficient stroke.

Answer 4

Standard shallow depth of a swimming pool in the United States is 3 feet.  There are pools that have "beach" entries and they slope gradually twords the entrance until they meet the deck, so when I say standard I mean that is the shallowest point of MOST pools in the US.  It sounds as though your pool was not always like this, and since you mentioned it being renovated I'd assume that the depth was indeed changed by the builder/renovation company.  This was probably unintentional.  I would suggest contacting this company and voicing your concern.  

As far as buoyancy, the only method I'm aware of is adding salt to the pool.  Many salt water pools run around 3,000 to 5,000 parts per million of salt just to generate chlorine.  The addition of this salt does not adversly affect your chemistry, save for needing a few pH adjustments shortly afterwards.

Answer 5

how big is  your pool?

width and length?

is there any drawing set before building the pool?

try to google for specs..

i dont think thres any std for shallow pool