One of my teammates from a few years back had goggles somewhat like this. They had a stopwatch kind of gizmo in them, and somehow by the way they were designed, your eyes somehow projected the display out and you could read it while you swam, allowing you to know exactly how fast/slow you were going.
He said he got these goggles at least 10-20 years ago, and that they were illegal to use in meets, but he used them in practice all the time.
Has anyone else ever heard of these gizmos? My friend let me try them once, and it was kind of interesting to see the time as you swim along...beats trying to sneak a glance at the pace clock and do math in your head.
They've got to be available somewhere.
Sorry for straying of topic, but are one-way communication devices allowed, such as an earpiece?
The next bash phrase will be GOGGLES ! Yeah, tech-googles with a LED display showing a heart rate guage (with redline warning), stroke per 50M guage, a 25, 50M timer, and a guage which does all the calcultating for you letting you know when to slow down, speed up, or maintain. Everything will be visible 3D and would appear as if it was 3' in front of you
Here is the solution to the tech suit controversy for Masters. Allow the suits to be worn in competition. Those that oppose them, wishing to preserve the purity of the sport, may wear a Speedo brief and, win or lose, leave happy and secure in the knowledge that they swam unaided, their times are legitimate, and they are morally superior to those swimmers who wore tech suits. The rest of us can continue to wear our expensive rubber suits, swim beyond our capabilities, and celebrate our (relatively) fast--but morally reprehensible!--times over a cold beer after the meet. A win-win situation.
My own counter-proposal is identical to yours in all respects, except for one minor one: times done using non-FINA suits are not official. Hey, its just masters, right? It shouldn't matter: the exhibition swims are still just as much to be celebrated over beer after the meet is done.
FINA has said that the ban does not apply to Masters, therefore the rubber suits cannot be labeled "non-FINA".
I thought that conceding moral superiority would be enough. Do we still get our participation ribbons?
"Non-FINA suits" = those not approved for use by real swimmers.
My newly-assumed moral superiority now entitles me to adopt a haughty, superior tone; it does kind of feel nice! :)
And are you actually counting on that FINA statement to protect you? What was that, something like 4 months ago? In normal human time I think that is about 5 years.
Here is the solution to the tech suit controversy for Masters. Allow the suits to be worn in competition. Those that oppose them, wishing to preserve the purity of the sport, may wear a Speedo brief and, win or lose, leave happy and secure in the knowledge that they swam unaided, their times are legitimate, and they are morally superior to those swimmers who wore tech suits. The rest of us can continue to wear our expensive rubber suits, swim beyond our capabilities, and celebrate our (relatively) fast--but morally reprehensible!--times over a cold beer after the meet. A win-win situation.
Here is the solution to the tech suit controversy for Masters. Allow the suits to be worn in competition. Those that oppose them, wishing to preserve the purity of the sport, may wear a Speedo brief and, win or lose, leave happy and secure in the knowledge that they swam unaided, their times are legitimate, and they are morally superior to those swimmers who wore tech suits. The rest of us can continue to wear our expensive rubber suits, swim beyond our capabilities, and celebrate our (relatively) fast--but morally reprehensible!--times over a cold beer after the meet. A win-win situation.
Will those who wear briefs (or non-tech jammers) be permitted to attend the beer drinking festivities?
My own counter-proposal is identical to yours in all respects, except for one minor one: times done using non-FINA suits are not official. Hey, its just masters, right? It shouldn't matter: the exhibition swims are still just as much to be celebrated over beer after the meet is done.
FINA has said that the ban does not apply to Masters, therefore the rubber suits cannot be labeled "non-FINA".
I thought that conceding moral superiority would be enough. Do we still get our participation ribbons?
All times shall be "official", but swimmers competing in a 70s style Speedo brief will be considered morally superior and have access to a separate hospitality tent located on a high road somewhere.
All times shall be "official", but swimmers competing in a 70s style Speedo brief will be considered morally superior and have access to a separate hospitality tent located on a high road somewhere.
But will be required to drink thier beer from a tea cup while pinky finger is raised.
