Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
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There is a 6 year old on our team in his first year and dad bought him a legskin. Now my 10 year old wants one. So far I have managed to dodge this by saying "when you make your state cut we will think about it". But it doesn't help when the 6 year old wears it as a practice suit.
Oy.
While I am decades beyond youth swimming and the whole skin suit issue, I can only compare it to hockey. When my son's cohorts were skating with $200 sticks at age 8 we thought it was ridiculous. When Aaron was 10, his grandfather gave him one of those sticks as a birthday gift. Aaron couldn't believe the difference and, we can honestly say that his shots were much more on target, and he could score with slapshots even though he plays defense.
We also pay for $$$ skates, although the higher quality there is obvious.
As for practicing, Aaron does use the more expensive sticks during practice because you do need to get the "feel" of the stick during practice as well as games. I don't think that transfers in swimming, however.
My point being that if it gives the kid an edge to swim/play with a higher quality item and the parents can afford it, no harm no foul.
There is a 6 year old on our team in his first year and dad bought him a legskin. Now my 10 year old wants one. So far I have managed to dodge this by saying "when you make your state cut we will think about it". But it doesn't help when the 6 year old wears it as a practice suit.
Oy.
While I am decades beyond youth swimming and the whole skin suit issue, I can only compare it to hockey. When my son's cohorts were skating with $200 sticks at age 8 we thought it was ridiculous. When Aaron was 10, his grandfather gave him one of those sticks as a birthday gift. Aaron couldn't believe the difference and, we can honestly say that his shots were much more on target, and he could score with slapshots even though he plays defense.
We also pay for $$$ skates, although the higher quality there is obvious.
As for practicing, Aaron does use the more expensive sticks during practice because you do need to get the "feel" of the stick during practice as well as games. I don't think that transfers in swimming, however.
My point being that if it gives the kid an edge to swim/play with a higher quality item and the parents can afford it, no harm no foul.
