I am going to buy my 12 year old daughter a high performance swimsuit for christmas. Price is not an issue. Any recommendations on what is the best suit out there right now?
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My $0.02:
First, find out if your club requires you to wear a certain brand. Maybe, maybe not.
If so, check whether it "really matters" - often this depends on the level at which the kid is swimming. Our kids swim for perhaps the only Nike-sponsored club in the world (now that the USAS Nike Ninjas club has been disbanded). It's tolerable for the National and J/N level kids that get free suits, but it's a disaster for the younger/slower kids - very hard to get suits in a timely manner, expensive, crap quality, etc etc. So some of the good younger kids wear TYR, Arena, Speedo, etc.
If not, Arena. Word.
My $0.02:
First, find out if your club requires you to wear a certain brand. Maybe, maybe not.
If so, check whether it "really matters" - often this depends on the level at which the kid is swimming. Our kids swim for perhaps the only Nike-sponsored club in the world (now that the USAS Nike Ninjas club has been disbanded). It's tolerable for the National and J/N level kids that get free suits, but it's a disaster for the younger/slower kids - very hard to get suits in a timely manner, expensive, crap quality, etc etc. So some of the good younger kids wear TYR, Arena, Speedo, etc.
If not, Arena. Word.
