Facilities

The natatorium where the Dolphins train and host

Swimming indoors in Atlanta means one big room: a long pool cut into lanes, a smaller pool beside it, a tiled deck with a cross pattern in the tile, and tiered seating for the families who come to watch. The team hosts four meets a year here, two short course (25 yards) and two long course (50 metres), so the room is set up for racing as well as practice.

Practice times are on the practice schedule.

The competition pool seen from the bleachers, with the arched roof, lane ropes and red backstroke flags below — From the bleachers: the arched roof, the lanes and the flags across the pool.

Along the deck

Lanes, flags, blocks and seats

Four views of the empty room. Scroll sideways to walk the deck.

Lane ropes running away from the camera across the pool under strings of red and white backstroke flags — Lane ropes and the black lane-end marks, with backstroke flags strung across the water.

Starting blocks in the foreground along the long side of the pool, with a smaller pool at the left — Starting blocks along the long side, and a smaller pool on the left of the deck.

Tiered spectator seating behind the lanes, with an American flag on a pole at the left and a white roof truss overhead — Tiered spectator seating behind the lanes, an American flag, and the bright truss roof.

The smaller pool at the far end of the deck beside a row of starting blocks and a lifeguard chair — The smaller pool at the end of the deck, a lifeguard chair and a row of blocks.

Where to find it

3201 M.L.K. Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta

The map on the team's contact page shows C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center at the team address, 3201 M.L.K. Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30311. The team's own pages name Adamsville Natatorium for booking a stroke evaluation, and as the place where entries and meet forms are posted.

Not sure which pool your swimmer's group uses? Ask the coaches on the contact page before the first practice.

From the Dolphins' own camera

Three more frames of the same room

Photographs by Coach Tommy L. Jackson, cropped here to the pool and the seats.

Lane ropes with red and white floats in front of tiered seating, with a 5 ft 3 in depth mark on the tiled deck — Lane ropes in red, white and blue, tiered seating, and the depth mark on the tiled deck.

A string of red backstroke flags over the lanes, with deck benches and a lifeguard stand at the right — Backstroke flags over the water, and the deck benches at the end of the pool.

The smaller pool with steps into the water, set into the tiled deck below a tall white wall — The smaller pool with steps into the water, beside the main lanes.

See it with a swimmer in it

Check the times, then come and meet the coaches.

Every group trains Monday to Friday. Evaluations for new swimmers run Monday to Thursday, 4:00 to 4:45 PM, by appointment.

Practice schedule Contact the team