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.
If you really want to ruin swimming, or any sport, prohibit any advancements and strand it in the past.
Paul made me chuckle about the lane ropes we used to have. Remember the days when you'd have fiberglass shards in your fingers from when you'd touch them? How about after a 2 hour practice getting out and seeing a halo around all the lights? Yes, those were the good ole days, let's bring 'em back!
OMG, I would be picking those out of my hands for hours. But I loved the old lane lines with the 5 biscuits separated by one donut float. Made counting on long sets much easier, until someone pulled on the lane line and cleared your count. and ah, the joy of giving your non-swimming friends the keys to your car so they could drive because all you could see was big shiny circles of light.
If you really want to ruin swimming, or any sport, prohibit any advancements and strand it in the past.
Paul made me chuckle about the lane ropes we used to have. Remember the days when you'd have fiberglass shards in your fingers from when you'd touch them? How about after a 2 hour practice getting out and seeing a halo around all the lights? Yes, those were the good ole days, let's bring 'em back!
OMG, I would be picking those out of my hands for hours. But I loved the old lane lines with the 5 biscuits separated by one donut float. Made counting on long sets much easier, until someone pulled on the lane line and cleared your count. and ah, the joy of giving your non-swimming friends the keys to your car so they could drive because all you could see was big shiny circles of light.