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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid is complaining heavily about water temperature on TTH, mostly because other kids left for MW because there is a warmer pool available (?) and he has “no friends left.” Kid swims in Lake Superior in June so I don’t think it’s strictly a water issue. Does anyone know what the issue is and if it will get better the second half of year. Cannot go Wed b/c religious school. [/quote]

The water's cold in the main pool.  It's a bummer for my TTh Gears kids, too, with a much smaller training group.  MW isn't an option for them, either.  I don't expect it to improve, so we're doing our best to encourage the kids to swim.

I don't think swimming in a lake is comparable to club swim practice.  At the Gears level, the kids aren't necessarily swimming enough to warm up.  I have one kid in HP and she never complains - but then she's swimming way more than the younger ones.[/quote]

Is there nothing that they can do to warm up the main pool?[/quote]

No.  That's not how it works.  That pool serves many groups of people; Machine is just one of them.  Keeping the pool cool is beneficial for lap swimmers, even while it's not ideal for young kids who aren't swimming constantly.[/quote]

+1 Pools that are intentionally warmer are dedicated learn-to-swim places like Goldfish. You might find a few public rec centers that are on the warmer side, but someone is inevitably going to complain. Agree that for lap swimmers and swim teams, colder is preferable to warmer.

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