training pool

Learner's swimming area

A training pool is a swimming pool designed or designated for practice and instruction rather than competition or recreation.

Training pools may have specific depths, lane configurations, or temperature settings suited to athletic development.

The term also applies figuratively to a group of people being prepared for future roles: The company maintains a training pool of management candidates.

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warm water · laps · flip turn · diving · deep end · shallow end · warm-up · practice · coach · aquatic · shallow · deep · fitness · strokes · kickboard · goggles · lifeguard · tiles

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purpose/competition level

training poolwarm-up pool

Pre-competition swimming lane

depth/specifications

training pooldiving pool

Basin for competitive plunging

natural vs. artificial

training poolopen water

Unobstructed body navigable freely

ocean · lake · sea · river

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G