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/
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All this doesn't matter. FINA, USA-Swimming, the NCAA, all agree on one thing: the suits are bad. Good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out. It hasn't resulted in mass defection from the sport either. At the age-group level I'm still seeing tons of best times and amazing swims.
And my point is too bad that there's not one swimming organization that does still allow for the suits giving us the swimmers more choice. Yeah, yeah, I train with the kiddos too and let me say this. We as adults can do amazing things but we still ain't the kids. Our recovery time, no matter how fit we are, is not comparable. Thank god I'm a younger masters swimmer so that perhaps by the time I'm 60+ the suits will be back and I can think about swimming large line ups safely with the aid of a suit.
I have heard the following statement -- sometimes as a joke, sometimes not -- among quite a few swimmers about the suit ban: time to get fit and lose weight (Ahelee Sue posted this very comment on FB. Not that she needs to worry about either...). Too bad it too a ban to bring out such sentiments.What a frightening comment for those masters women who are already size 2's with 15% body fat. But I'll take that into consideration.And having seen pictures of Ahelee I hope to god that she's not talking about herself.
All this doesn't matter. FINA, USA-Swimming, the NCAA, all agree on one thing: the suits are bad. Good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out. It hasn't resulted in mass defection from the sport either. At the age-group level I'm still seeing tons of best times and amazing swims.
And my point is too bad that there's not one swimming organization that does still allow for the suits giving us the swimmers more choice. Yeah, yeah, I train with the kiddos too and let me say this. We as adults can do amazing things but we still ain't the kids. Our recovery time, no matter how fit we are, is not comparable. Thank god I'm a younger masters swimmer so that perhaps by the time I'm 60+ the suits will be back and I can think about swimming large line ups safely with the aid of a suit.
I have heard the following statement -- sometimes as a joke, sometimes not -- among quite a few swimmers about the suit ban: time to get fit and lose weight (Ahelee Sue posted this very comment on FB. Not that she needs to worry about either...). Too bad it too a ban to bring out such sentiments.What a frightening comment for those masters women who are already size 2's with 15% body fat. But I'll take that into consideration.And having seen pictures of Ahelee I hope to god that she's not talking about herself.
