1 lap = how many feet?
kris
This may sound trivia.
What is the lap length?
Thanx
kris
Brian L. Deiderick
1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
Bri
Rick Osterberg
Brian L. Deiderick (bri...@voicenet.com) wrote:
: 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
If it's a technically accurate and legal pool, it's 75 feet + 1 inch.
Specifications allow for a 1/2 inch thick touchpad at each end.
-Rick
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>Brian L. Deiderick (bri...@voicenet.com) wrote:
>: 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
>
>If it's a technically accurate and legal pool, it's 75 feet + 1 inch.
>Specifications allow for a 1/2 inch thick touchpad at each end.
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I guess if we are getting technical (and I'll concede the 1 inch), it has been
my understanding that there is a difference between a lap and a length. 1
length of a typical North American indoor pool is 75 feet (+ 1 inch), and a lap
= 2 lengths. I am not trying to split hairs, but many recreational swimmers I
know use this distinction.
Tom Platt
David Schach
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998 mor...@spots.ab wrote:
> Well, since this is Usenet, and full of important meaningful
> discussions, I say one lap in the above pool would be 150 feet ( + 1.5
> inch). Don't you end up where you started when you do a "lap"? One
> length is 25 yards.
Technically you're right, but in swimmer-speak, a lap is equal to a
length. It's just the vernacular of the sport. When in Rome...
David
ca
In article <6dhjh6$45l$1...@news.fas.harvard.edu>, oste...@fas.harvard.edu (Rick Osterberg) wrote:
>Brian L. Deiderick (bri...@voicenet.com) wrote:
>: 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
>
>If it's a technically accurate and legal pool, it's 75 feet + 1 inch.
>Specifications allow for a 1/2 inch thick touchpad at each end.
>
>-Rick
>
Well, since this is Usenet, and full of important meaningful discussions, I
Michael Moore
> Brian L. Deiderick (bri...@voicenet.com) wrote:
> : 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
>
> If it's a technically accurate and legal pool, it's 75 feet + 1 inch.
> Specifications allow for a 1/2 inch thick touchpad at each end.
You have thick touchpads in the East. Masters says the distance is to be 25
yards plus a distance to assure the thickness of these pads shall not cause
the length of the reacing course in any lane to fall below the minimum
length. I have never measured the depth of a pad, but I think they are
closer to 1/4 inch. (I did not find the USS rule about lenth - But I am
running late this morning)
michael
Rick Osterberg
: > What is the lap length?
: 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
Note also that pools come in many shapes and sizes. "Most" pools in the
US are 25 yards = 75 feet. Many non-US pools are 25 meters. "Long
course" pools are 50 meters. Note that a _true_ Olympic-sized pool is
technically 50 meters + 1 inch long, and 10 lanes wide. However, most
places that advertise an "Olympic-size" pool are actually 25 yards.
-Rick
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JanetRL
Our brand-new HS pool is 25 yd + 1 inch long. We only use one touchpad, and it
is closer to 0.25in thick. Someone on our team missed a state cut by 0.01
seconds in our pool (her last chance, as a senior) and we were thinking that if
the pool was an inch shorter she probably would have made it. Does this make
sense?
-Janet
Jan...@aol.com OR Jan...@juno.com
"It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that
matters, in the end." -Ursula K. Leguin
Bea and Marvin Jones
Brian L. Deiderick <bri...@voicenet.com> wrote:
: kris wrote:
:>
:> This may sound trivia.
:> What is the lap length?
:>
:> kris
: 1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
Wrong, methinks.
1 *LENGTH* in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
1 *LAP* is 50 yards -- 150 feet.
A 'lap' of a thing returns you to the starting point.
Jonesy
Bob Bakh
Brian L. Deiderick wrote in message <34FC3C...@voicenet.com>...
>kris wrote:
>>
>> This may sound trivia.
>> What is the lap length?
>>
>> Thanx
>> kris
>
>1 Lap in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet.
>
>Bri
I beg to differ ,
1 length in a 25 yard pool is 75 feet
1 lap in a 25 yard pool is 150 feet
Reverend bOB
Rick Osterberg
JanetRL (jan...@aol.com) wrote:
: Our brand-new HS pool is 25 yd + 1 inch long. We only use one touchpad, and it
: is closer to 0.25in thick. Someone on our team missed a state cut by 0.01
: seconds in our pool (her last chance, as a senior) and we were thinking that if
If you 50 free time is 23.00 seconds, than if there are 1802 inches in a
50 free (150 * 12 + 2), then each inch is 0.0127 seconds. If your pool is
one inch shorter, then you swim 2 inhes less, which would be 0.0255
seconds. But your record would or cut would not be legal. If everyone
took away two inches from their swims, then the cuts would need to be
faster.
And who makes your touchpads? If they're Colorado Time systems, they're
far thicker than 1/4 inch. Note you also need to consider the fact that
touchpads do not sit perfectly flat against the wall. That's why the
standard is one extra inch.
Gerry Garvey
FINA rules regarding length of a pool say:
for 25m pool -> 25.00 to 25.02 (i.e. allowing up to 2cm for pads at ONE end
only).
for 50m pool -> 50.00 to 50.03 (i.e. allowing up to 3cm for pads at BOTH
ends).
The Omega pads we use here are approx. 12mm thick.
(I know I'm causing more confusion by changing from Meters to centimeters
to millimeters!).
Gerry Garvey,
St. Paul's Swimming Club,
Dublin, IRELAND.