FINA issued Ruled,www.usms.org/.../showpost.php
Soon the USMS rules committee will issue their ruling.
SCM & LCM seems to be a done deal, the 2010 seasons started on Jan 1, 2010 & the rule began on Jan 1, 2010.
SCY is an American thing. The 2009 - 2010 SCY season began on June 1st 2009 and ends on May 31st 2010.
Will the new suit rules take effect immediately or at the end of this season?
I've heard rumours we might be able to wear full body suits at 2010 SCY Nats.
Look forward to finding out what the USMS ruling will be for SCY.
1/15/10 FINA BUREAU CONSIDERS SWIMWEAR RULES FOR MASTERS
The FINA Bureau has considered Masters swimwear rules. The USMS Rules Committee will learn the results shortly and then will immediately reconsider the USMS swimwear rules in cooperation with the USMS Executive Committee. All USMS members will be notified of any changes to USMS swimwear rules and the effective date. Regardless of any changes to the USMS swimwear rules, the June 1, 2009 USMS swimwear interpretations will apply for the duration of the One Hour Postal Swim being conducted in January 2010.
from www.usms.org/.../20100115swimsuits.pdf
you'll find the update at http://www.usms.org/rules/
I don't give a hoot what the swimmers on either side of me wears, it has no impact on how fast I swim. Jihadists seem to obsess about what everyone else is wearing whereas those of us pristine and perfect tech suit wearers wear them to benefit our own race times and training.
No one has ever explained clearly to me why they prefer to swim slower.
I don't think of it as swimming "slower". I think of it as swimming at my baseline ability. It's a more accurate reflection of my ability, training and performance. While I also like going "faster", I know in the back of my mind that part of the time is solely attributable to the equipment so I can't feel as good/proud of my accomplishments...
If you're swimming solely for your own race times, I don't see why you'd care to go artificially faster because it should all be a relative comparison between performances. As long as you're improving, shouldn't you be happy?
I could only see caring about going faster if you care about competing, in which case you wouldn't want anybody to have an unfair artificial advantage over you...
Out of curiosity, would you be willing to share why you like going "faster"?
I don't give a hoot what the swimmers on either side of me wears, it has no impact on how fast I swim. Jihadists seem to obsess about what everyone else is wearing whereas those of us pristine and perfect tech suit wearers wear them to benefit our own race times and training.
No one has ever explained clearly to me why they prefer to swim slower.
I don't think of it as swimming "slower". I think of it as swimming at my baseline ability. It's a more accurate reflection of my ability, training and performance. While I also like going "faster", I know in the back of my mind that part of the time is solely attributable to the equipment so I can't feel as good/proud of my accomplishments...
If you're swimming solely for your own race times, I don't see why you'd care to go artificially faster because it should all be a relative comparison between performances. As long as you're improving, shouldn't you be happy?
I could only see caring about going faster if you care about competing, in which case you wouldn't want anybody to have an unfair artificial advantage over you...
Out of curiosity, would you be willing to share why you like going "faster"?
