I don't have kids (yet). But if they will ever get into swimming and it comes down to this discussion, I learned this from my parents (when I was that little kid and begged for my first tech suit):
as soon as they qualify for nationals, I will get them their first suit.
Overall, you don't need a tech suit to swim fast. It's all mentally IMO.
I still have tech suits from 10 years ago and still swim in them (yes, they are still legal). I use them maybe 2x a year for taper meets.
I agree that you don't need a tech suit to swim fast, but it sure doesn't hurt!
Once I have kids, I'll follow the same pattern my parents did with me--they bought me my first pair of Aquablade jammers, then after that I had to buy all my meet suits, including the brand spankin' new, state of the art Fastskin legskin I bought for my last few championship meets. They didn't care if I was wearing a tech suit or regular Speedo jammers at any meet, ranging from a local fun meet or Sectionals or anything of the sort.
I don't have kids (yet). But if they will ever get into swimming and it comes down to this discussion, I learned this from my parents (when I was that little kid and begged for my first tech suit):
as soon as they qualify for nationals, I will get them their first suit.
Overall, you don't need a tech suit to swim fast. It's all mentally IMO.
I still have tech suits from 10 years ago and still swim in them (yes, they are still legal). I use them maybe 2x a year for taper meets.
I agree that you don't need a tech suit to swim fast, but it sure doesn't hurt!
Once I have kids, I'll follow the same pattern my parents did with me--they bought me my first pair of Aquablade jammers, then after that I had to buy all my meet suits, including the brand spankin' new, state of the art Fastskin legskin I bought for my last few championship meets. They didn't care if I was wearing a tech suit or regular Speedo jammers at any meet, ranging from a local fun meet or Sectionals or anything of the sort.
