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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LOL, i just had to drop my .02 in on this, as in any sport there is technology that can help you go faster, farther hit harder etc etc etc... Just let the organization ban it or not. If its banned too bad if its not there are plenty of ways to pay for it. I personally had to grow up like many others selling all kinds of stuff to pay for my activities, and if little johnny wants a tech suit, he can go sell subs, fudge, flowers and more if he does not have the money.
I have no problem with tech suits, or even plain briefs. The rules are the rules and play outside of them and its cheating.
And I agree swimming has got to be one of the cheapes sports out there. all you need is a suit, maybe a a few... but you can get grab bag for practice then maybe one or two good suits for your races.
Though my personal favorite is still the team suit, when I swam as an age grouper it was all but required at meets that EVERYONE wore the same suit, as the same for most teams in the area.
Swim fast.
LOL, i just had to drop my .02 in on this, as in any sport there is technology that can help you go faster, farther hit harder etc etc etc... Just let the organization ban it or not. If its banned too bad if its not there are plenty of ways to pay for it. I personally had to grow up like many others selling all kinds of stuff to pay for my activities, and if little johnny wants a tech suit, he can go sell subs, fudge, flowers and more if he does not have the money.
I have no problem with tech suits, or even plain briefs. The rules are the rules and play outside of them and its cheating.
And I agree swimming has got to be one of the cheapes sports out there. all you need is a suit, maybe a a few... but you can get grab bag for practice then maybe one or two good suits for your races.
Though my personal favorite is still the team suit, when I swam as an age grouper it was all but required at meets that EVERYONE wore the same suit, as the same for most teams in the area.
Swim fast.
