[luckystarmom]

Well, I can swim laps in the pool, so I know it is good for swimming. The swim team goes to age 18, and lots of the 18 year olds are on their high school swim teams. The public school has an award winning swim team.

I know the older kids have to swim 50 feet without stopping, and most of them do that in under 40 seconds.

The swim team practices last from 30 minutes for the 6 and unders, 45 minutes for the 6-10 year olds, and an hour for the 11-18 year olds. They swim laps continuously for that duration.

I figure if the pool is good for swimming laps like that than kids can get enough swimming in it. You can also dive in 6 feet of water, so my kids are learning how to dive.

All of my kids swim better than I did at their age, and I had access to a pool with a deep end and a diving board. My parents never signed me up for a swim team. The swim team is why my kids are good swimmers.

[FourPeas]

Lap swimming is one part of swimming, but certainly not all-encompassing. See my previous post for other types of swimming for which shallow depths are not adequate.