www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19679.asp
The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
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Hey Lump
I'll second that! :bouncing:
As I've (and others have) said over and over 'til we're blue in the face, this "suit technology" stuff is a bunch of nonsensical marketing gimmickry cooked up by Speedo, Nike, Arena and others. :bitching:
FINA's rules regarding suits should just go back to the plain old briefs like Mark Spitz and others wore in the 1970s.
End of discussion -period. :applaud:
Dolphin 2
If you don't compete or hardly swim, then why do you care what suits people wear?
I don't want to go back to the days of the plain speedo briefs. And you are wrong...the suits do help you swim faster...having used a number of different styles, I will say they do cut down on drag...which cuts down on resistance...which allows one to swim faster. But to know this...one has to actually get in a pool and SWIM.
I was at the same SWIM event with Geek and heard the same statement about the suits from a HIGH LEVEL coach about the benefits of the suits.
Crap...I am agreeing with Geek...you don't know what you are talking about.
Hey Lump
I'll second that! :bouncing:
As I've (and others have) said over and over 'til we're blue in the face, this "suit technology" stuff is a bunch of nonsensical marketing gimmickry cooked up by Speedo, Nike, Arena and others. :bitching:
FINA's rules regarding suits should just go back to the plain old briefs like Mark Spitz and others wore in the 1970s.
End of discussion -period. :applaud:
Dolphin 2
If you don't compete or hardly swim, then why do you care what suits people wear?
I don't want to go back to the days of the plain speedo briefs. And you are wrong...the suits do help you swim faster...having used a number of different styles, I will say they do cut down on drag...which cuts down on resistance...which allows one to swim faster. But to know this...one has to actually get in a pool and SWIM.
I was at the same SWIM event with Geek and heard the same statement about the suits from a HIGH LEVEL coach about the benefits of the suits.
Crap...I am agreeing with Geek...you don't know what you are talking about.
