What depth is a good depth of pool

I used to play in a 2 metre pool which I thought was fantastic (fast smooth tiles etc). Since playing in London (UK) we practice in 2.25 metres, and in the past few years, played the official GB UWH tournaments at Sheffield at 3 meters.

My personal preference is for 2.25 meters for club games (good for beginners, deep enought to keep fins out of the way), but I like to play series competitions in 3 metres (deep enought to open up the game). Which depth is best?

I like 2.4 to 2.6m. Deep enough that people can't just drop on you, shallow enough to keep the speed in the game. Yummy.

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On the World level 2M is a zoo, or at least a shark feeding frenzy as most news reports would describe. The 3M was still a good game, but probably 2.5M to 2.7M would give the best of both depths. You would still get speed but could also open up the game a bit.

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give me a fast 2.5m bottom to play on. wonderful!

I agree with Ed's remarks about sheffield good for the main 2 courts - awful if you are on the non-slip bottom at 2m in pool 3 though! - the 2 pools we play on at ipswich are both quite shallow( ave1.75m ish!) this just seems to lead to bait-ball style play with everyone treading on each other. 2 to 2.5m seems to be the best (enough room to move without people getting vertigo!

I havent played 2.5 or anything similar. 3m I think is just a bit too deep, yes it opens up the game but it slows it down a bit and its that step too far so you have to get used to it.

I personally think the pool i play at which is 2.25m is the best depth. As southernpuck said, fins are out of the way, speed and space are good.

3m in my experience doesn't slow down the game all that much

you just have to be really fit

The deeper, the better !!!

Toulouse Tournament with 3.80m is a blast

We used 4.5m once a week before 1986 Worlds.Deep water gives you different dimension and near blackout:-)))

2 meter is ok.
Some deeper is also good. like 2,5meter.
Less deeper is bad. we have trained on a pool that was 2 meter to 60cm.
And its not nice to play when its 60cm deep.

2 meter is very nice to play on.

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