So, in the time I've been a member of this forum I have never seen a debate about this, though I feel it could have be rehashed a thousand times.
For practice and regular meets, what are your suit preferences?
For practice: I usually do a brief with a drag suit. If I'm out of shape or my quads are hurting, I'll use a jammer for the extra compression.
For regular meets: I usually do whatever the team suit is, which has varied over the years. I prefer the brief because of more flexibility.
In big competitions*:, I would use a leg skin and if I had the need to buy one today, I'd probably go with a tech jammer.
*Regionals, States, Nationals, etc
For practice I use primarily speedo endurance products. Regular meets I go for the speedo xtra-life or aqua blade.
I used to get a lot of crap for wearing a brief, but now I feel like they're making a comeback. I like to think I converted some people on my high school team. Actually, the only person who really gives me crap anymore are my friends who don't swim and my girlfriend (who does swim). She says the ugliest part of a guy is the upper outside thigh the brief doesn't cover.
On my son's age-group team (800+ swimmers), the boys middle school and younger almost all wear jammers. But the senior groups (HS age) seem to wear mostly briefs. I am not sure why the transition occurs.
One summer my son was 10 or 11 years old and had a moderate case of poison ivy rash on his thighs. He was complaining that his suit was making him feel miserable; when I innocently suggested that he might be more comfortable wearing wearing briefs, he gave me a now-familiar rolling of the eyes.:shakeshead:
On my son's age-group team (800+ swimmers), the boys middle school and younger almost all wear jammers. But the senior groups (HS age) seem to wear mostly briefs. I am not sure why the transition occurs.
One summer my son was 10 or 11 years old and had a moderate case of poison ivy rash on his thighs. He was complaining that his suit was making him feel miserable; when I innocently suggested that he might be more comfortable wearing wearing briefs, he gave me a now-familiar rolling of the eyes.:shakeshead:
