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.
IMO, tech suits are ruining the sport.
Wow, pretty sure this sentiment was around when lycra suits were introduced but as the Internet was still just a glimmer in Al Gore's mind, it was not widely known.
And X is ruining golf, biking, tennis, pick your sport, in the last 50 years there has been some sort of 'advance' that has 'threatened' the sport. And yet sports continue to exist regardless of our feelings.
It's a personal choice not a requirement to use the latest and greatest technology. Only at the elite level of competition does it even remotely resemble a 'requirement' than a 'choice'
Patrick, you forgot a few:
- Take out the lane lines and replace them with the ropes with the blue and white floats
- Only swim in pools that are 5 feet deep or less
- paint over the lane lines on the bottom and remove the crosses on the walls
- pitch all the modern chemicals that are used to maintain the water quality (this might not be such a bad thing)
IMO, tech suits are ruining the sport.
Wow, pretty sure this sentiment was around when lycra suits were introduced but as the Internet was still just a glimmer in Al Gore's mind, it was not widely known.
And X is ruining golf, biking, tennis, pick your sport, in the last 50 years there has been some sort of 'advance' that has 'threatened' the sport. And yet sports continue to exist regardless of our feelings.
It's a personal choice not a requirement to use the latest and greatest technology. Only at the elite level of competition does it even remotely resemble a 'requirement' than a 'choice'
Patrick, you forgot a few:
- Take out the lane lines and replace them with the ropes with the blue and white floats
- Only swim in pools that are 5 feet deep or less
- paint over the lane lines on the bottom and remove the crosses on the walls
- pitch all the modern chemicals that are used to maintain the water quality (this might not be such a bad thing)
