The Swimming World magazine have posted this article, www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../20390.asp
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 19. IN an attempt to have a united front on what possible changes they are willing to have enacted with regard to speedsuits, suit manufacturers got together for a meeting today in Switzerland, according to Tony Austin of the SCAQ Blog.
Without working together, there was a definite possibility that the powers working against speedsuits continuing in the sport altogether could have capitalized on a split agenda by the various competing manufacturers.
According to Austin's reporting, the manufacturers have agreed to a game plan heading into tomorrow's meeting. The restrictions they are willing to agree to immediately without any fight are "a de facto buoyancy test, suit thickness guidelines, a rule to ban multiple suits and/or duct tape ‘mods' and most importantly clear cut rules so that suit innovation can take place without the fear of a nebulous interpretation wiping out bundles of money in R&D expenses at the last minute."
Tomorrow, the official recommendation that will be put in front of the FINA congress will be hammered out.
Full text of the blog posting.
Look like a compromise will be the probable outcome from this mess about Tech-suits.
The Manufactures are in too strong positions to accept a complete ban at top level, too much money is on the stake, so they're showing all together to force the hand to FINA with a common position, with minor changes.
All the swimming's world needed money from major sponsors, and The tech suits are a great source of profit.
The overall performance are improved too much in a blink at every level to even think that the suit don't affect the performance in pool, and if they affect the performance by rule they'd be banned period.
But for me it's too late and too much to loose for nearly everybody to return to speedoo.
It's ironic that multiple suits are accepted to be banned because help the swimmers, but if multiple suits helps then every single suit must help at little bit, even one alone only, otherwise it's a nosense in first place. So why banned multiple suite if the suit don't help buoyance ?
Believe it or not, some female swimmers are taping their thoracic region with duct tape before putting on a swim suit - to minimize surface area.
Male swimmers are duct taping their abdominal area in an effort to reinforce the core stabilizer muscles.
Taping muscles, ligaments and joints has a long history (e.g., football, basketball). The primary effect is to stabilize excessive motion - however, there is some evidence that compressing muscle reduces percieved fatigue.
I believe that there is a special duct tape that combines the properties of elastic bandages with the compressive properties of duct tape. It appears to be favored by elite volleyball athletes.
I would hazard that one would wish to shave the area of the body that is to be subject to duct tape (prior to application). LOL.
Believe it or not, some female swimmers are taping their thoracic region with duct tape before putting on a swim suit - to minimize surface area.
Male swimmers are duct taping their abdominal area in an effort to reinforce the core stabilizer muscles.
Taping muscles, ligaments and joints has a long history (e.g., football, basketball). The primary effect is to stabilize excessive motion - however, there is some evidence that compressing muscle reduces percieved fatigue.
I believe that there is a special duct tape that combines the properties of elastic bandages with the compressive properties of duct tape. It appears to be favored by elite volleyball athletes.
I would hazard that one would wish to shave the area of the body that is to be subject to duct tape (prior to application). LOL.
