I've been giggling about this all morning! Many of the young swimmers from my pool are attending the BYU swim camps starting this week. One of the young guys who always wears brief (racer) style swim suits told me that he isn't allowed to where them at the camp. I pulled up the info on the camp and the info packet does say "no Speedos or bikini briefs are allowed for male participants". I'm sorry, but jammers are no less revealing than briefs! If anything they are more so - in my opinion. I can understand a modest dress code at BYU, but swimmers are so use to seeing each other in these types of suits. I would love to know the thinking behind this dress code? :lmao:
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It's not clear you've tried swimming either. Not sure taking swimming in PE qualifies you to say anything on the issue. How can anyone take your extreme pronouncements even remotely seriously if you don't even swim competitively and haven't even tried race in a tech suit? :shakeshead: :rolleyes: :dunno: I don't tell noodlers what kind of equipment to use ...
Hey Fortress
Just for your clarification, my PE teacher was also the coach for the Hollywood High School’s varsity swim team in 1969. He often commented about how I had an affection for being in the water and thought that I and a few others in the class were very good candidates for the team and we should at least try it out.
However, my family was near the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in Los Angeles and I had absolutely no interest in becoming an athlete or even continuing with high school either. So I finally dropped out in the 11Th grade to take a job with an elevator contractor -which is part of my trade & profession to this day.
Reflecting back on my HS swimming experiences, my PE teacher/coach and I became very good friends and he was rather fascinated with my personal introspection of how I had adapted to the water. Today, I often regret that I was not able to remain in school and take up his offer to help me become a competitive swimmer (and even possibly become a commercial scuba diver instead of an elevator contractor!!!). :(
When it comes to swimming (or any other athletic activity), everyone is "Qualified" on what is right for their own body (and mind).
The choice in suits is a very personal thing and although tech suits may be right for some, I am in fact "Qualified" from over 50 years of experience with purely recreational aquatics (such as lap swimming, open water, scuba & exploration diving, and some other pretty scary underwater stuff) to know they would definitely NOT be right for me at all. :2cents:
California Dolphin
It's not clear you've tried swimming either. Not sure taking swimming in PE qualifies you to say anything on the issue. How can anyone take your extreme pronouncements even remotely seriously if you don't even swim competitively and haven't even tried race in a tech suit? :shakeshead: :rolleyes: :dunno: I don't tell noodlers what kind of equipment to use ...
Hey Fortress
Just for your clarification, my PE teacher was also the coach for the Hollywood High School’s varsity swim team in 1969. He often commented about how I had an affection for being in the water and thought that I and a few others in the class were very good candidates for the team and we should at least try it out.
However, my family was near the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in Los Angeles and I had absolutely no interest in becoming an athlete or even continuing with high school either. So I finally dropped out in the 11Th grade to take a job with an elevator contractor -which is part of my trade & profession to this day.
Reflecting back on my HS swimming experiences, my PE teacher/coach and I became very good friends and he was rather fascinated with my personal introspection of how I had adapted to the water. Today, I often regret that I was not able to remain in school and take up his offer to help me become a competitive swimmer (and even possibly become a commercial scuba diver instead of an elevator contractor!!!). :(
When it comes to swimming (or any other athletic activity), everyone is "Qualified" on what is right for their own body (and mind).
The choice in suits is a very personal thing and although tech suits may be right for some, I am in fact "Qualified" from over 50 years of experience with purely recreational aquatics (such as lap swimming, open water, scuba & exploration diving, and some other pretty scary underwater stuff) to know they would definitely NOT be right for me at all. :2cents:
California Dolphin
