NCAA times close 2% faster

RE: NCAA times close 2% faster

Former Member — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:02:58 GMT

a lot of IMers were choosing legs-only 16 finalists in the 200 IM = 16 full body suits Only a fool would not wear a full body at this point ..

RE: NCAA times close 2% faster

Muppet — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:47:16 GMT

Hmm, 2% - didnt I read somewhere that the LZR was supposed to be 2% faster than the next best suit? Hmm.... Kirk, as to the kneeskins on breaststrokers, there is some discussion of the legs vs knees in this thread. My experience swimming breaststroke in legs is that I feel like my legs are slipping, whereas no slippage feeling with jammers. Ande seems to think that amongst the elite breaststrokers, the other benefits of the legs outweigh the slipping feeling. Now my BR swims with legs are part of 100s IM for what it is worth.

RE: NCAA times close 2% faster

knelson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:35:00 GMT

A watched the women's meet on ESPN2 today and noticed most of the girls in the breaststrokes were wearing knee-length suits. But, yeah, I agree that you'd be foolish to wear legs only at this point. With these suits you want to cover as much surface area as possible!

RE: NCAA times close 2% faster

Former Member — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:04:34 GMT

Interesting calculations. Wouldn't we expect more benefit in freestyle than IM? I thought a lot of IMers were choosing legs-only.