If the full body rubber suits do end up getting banned, why should USMS follow their lead on this issue? (i.e. assuming the suits would continue to be manufactured).
Isn't Masters mostly for each individual to pursue what they want and the level they want out of the sport?
If the full body suit is preferred by many USMS participants, why not satisfy the base by keeping it available?
What's really the point of forcing old USMS swimmers out of their girdles if FINA bans them?
John Smith
The suit won't swim it for us. And I think they have the opposite effect that Jeff suggests. The notion that I could go even faster in this suit makes me want to train harder so I can get my best times. It's what a lot of us swim for--to get our best ever times. If other things cause us to train less: injuries, family, job, we may jokingly say the "tech" suit will pull us through, but no one who really trains and races seriously thinks that is true, because it isn't. Suits don't swim. We do.
I agree with you 100 percent on this, Greg, but after hearing the two people I mentioned earlier -- two hard workers in the pool -- say they expect the suit to make them faster got my goat. After they didn't swim fast they still had faith in the suit.
I'm very happy to see people disagreeing with me. I am glad that there are Masters swimmers who work hard to swim fast, no matter what they are wearing. I know those two people who bowed to the glory and honor of the rubber suits have changed their tune after watching world championships.
The suit won't swim it for us. And I think they have the opposite effect that Jeff suggests. The notion that I could go even faster in this suit makes me want to train harder so I can get my best times. It's what a lot of us swim for--to get our best ever times. If other things cause us to train less: injuries, family, job, we may jokingly say the "tech" suit will pull us through, but no one who really trains and races seriously thinks that is true, because it isn't. Suits don't swim. We do.
I agree with you 100 percent on this, Greg, but after hearing the two people I mentioned earlier -- two hard workers in the pool -- say they expect the suit to make them faster got my goat. After they didn't swim fast they still had faith in the suit.
I'm very happy to see people disagreeing with me. I am glad that there are Masters swimmers who work hard to swim fast, no matter what they are wearing. I know those two people who bowed to the glory and honor of the rubber suits have changed their tune after watching world championships.
