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/
isn't it ironic that swimmers can attend sanctioned USMS meets and be retroactively DQ'd from Top 10 without any notification due to our own officials not following the rules correctly?
What are we talking about here? "Unauthorized" time trials?
No one has ever explained clearly to me why they prefer to swim slower.
It isn't just about speed, but speed without artificial aid. Fins make you go faster too.
In any event, I'm not going to buy a cheatin' suit just for one meet.
Out of curiosity, would you be willing to share why you like going "faster"?
See, this is where the tech suit argument comes off the rails totally. Why are you limiting your disdain for modern training devices to the suit? Goggles clearly are a bigger advantage both to training and racing. If you want a baseline, train au-naturale.
How does a suit make me go artificially faster? That's ridiculous, I'm still swimming the race.
I like going faster because I don't like going slower. If I'm training hours and hours a weeks I'm gonna buy the things that maximize that time - a good club, a good suit, a good coach, etc. If I have two clubs near me and one costs 10 times more than the other and I chose that club, are you gonna get all pissy about that too and take that away?
Look, the rules are written, I have six months left and then we can all don our paper suits circa 1981 and talk about the glory days of the suits.
Where's the Fort when I need her?
Where's the Fort when I need her?
Last I saw her she was wandering around Sports Authority muttering something about a red monofin. Or auburn. I can't remember.
Last I saw her she was wandering around Sports Authority muttering something about a red monofin. Or auburn. I can't remember.
Nah, she's at the racket ball court throwing the ball against the wall and waiting for Geek to throw it back.....
If people really want to argue, IMHO the argument should be about the ignorance of FINA in this whole matter. And how they did not see this coming.
No one WANTS to swim slowly, that, uh, kind of defeats the purpose of racing.
And if you think about it, if tech suits are available to the public for purchase, you can't really argue that either. They are available. If people choose not to wear one, who cares. It's their choice.
Yes, it is PROVEN, at every level of swimming that the tech suits make a difference (how much is a debatable topic). Wear one, or don't, but don't complain about those who do when it is legal.
Just to reiterate, this entire argument about tech suits, began with FINA's inability to see into the future. As I stated in another post I hope they have learned their lesson.
See, this is where the tech suit argument comes off the rails totally. Why are you limiting your disdain for modern training devices to the suit? Goggles clearly are a bigger advantage both to training and racing. If you want a baseline, train au-naturale.
How does a suit make me go artificially faster? That's ridiculous, I'm still swimming the race.
I like going faster because I don't like going slower. If I'm training hours and hours a weeks I'm gonna buy the things that maximize that time - a good club, a good suit, a good coach, etc. If I have two clubs near me and one costs 10 times more than the other and I chose that club, are you gonna get all pissy about that too and take that away?
Look, the rules are written, I have six months left and then we can all don our paper suits circa 1981 and talk about the glory days of the suits.
Where's the Fort when I need her?
If the suit does not make you go artificially faster, take it off.
If people really want to argue, IMHO the argument should be about the ignorance of FINA in this whole matter. And how they did not see this coming.
No one WANTS to swim slowly, that, uh, kind of defeats the purpose of racing.
And if you think about it, if tech suits are available to the public for purchase, you can't really argue that either. They are available. If people choose not to wear one, who cares. It's their choice.
Yes, it is PROVEN, at every level of swimming that the tech suits make a difference (how much is a debatable topic). Wear one, or don't, but don't complain about those who do when it is legal.
Just to reiterate, this entire argument about tech suits, began with FINA's inability to see into the future. As I stated in another post I hope they have learned their lesson.
This is true. Now that we've all had a taste of recaptured youth/glory/speed, it's very hard to give that up.
