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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all want to cherry pick the USA Swimming rules followed at NVSL. One thread says NVSL is a group of volunteers on a thin budget so must to defer to USA swimming rules on topics like transgender swimmers, but on safety rules the group of NVSL volunteers get to overrule USA swimming safety rules.

The USA rule is NOT just for block starts. Not sure where that misinformation started.

The USA Swimming rule is for pool depth says it’s for racing starts. A racing start is defined as “the dive used to begin a race. The swimmer may start from the starting platform, the pool deck, or in the water.” Therefore, the 4ft minimum depth applies to deck starts.

However, the rule book allows for local and state regulations may override the USA swimming rules.

[b]IMO Pinecrest should be allowed to participate in NVSL, but should utilize in pool starts.[/b] Growing up swimming in NVSL, some facilities were not ideal for swimming. I remember an Annandale pool that was like 33yards in length. We’d have to end in the middle of a pool and not a wall. Yes it was weird, but NVSL accommodated for the differences. No reason for safety to be compromised for Pinecrest to participate in NVSL.[/quote]

I wonder how many others have start ends less than 4” in depth.
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Quite a few. We swam against several and they all did shallow side starts which was annoying.  Most of them had a deeper end which they have started from and would have made times faster too. [/quote]

And then they’re doing flip turns in the shallow end - there goes your “it would be faster” argument. [/quote]

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