Do any of you guys who follow college swimming have a sense yet about the impact of the FINA tech suit ban is having on elite swimming times?
I tried looking up results this year and last year--I know the Championships haven't taken place yet for the top tier, but some big meet started Feb 17th (and is presumably over now)--but I just couldn't figure out how to find the data necessary to make a preliminary comparison.
Thanks.
For me, so far, my times are about a half a second slower per 50 in a jammer vs a full body blue seventy nero comp.
50 fr 22.47 vs 21.99
50 bk 25.15 vs 24.64
but I wasn't shaved or rested.
This season will reveal who the real swimmers are vs the suit swimmers.
The swimmers who swam fast in a full body suit but aren't as fast in jammers.
It surprises me that male swimmers aren't maximizing body coverage, at the texas state championships most boys wore their jammers 6 to 8 inches below their belly buttons. It's really a suit maker design flaw, they should provide more fabric.
I wrote a SFF tip about what to do to prepare for the change in suit rules. The jist was:
+ Get in Better shape,
+ lose weight,
+ Improve your kick, and
+ get stronger
For me, so far, my times are about a half a second slower per 50 in a jammer vs a full body blue seventy nero comp.
50 fr 22.47 vs 21.99
50 bk 25.15 vs 24.64
but I wasn't shaved or rested.
This season will reveal who the real swimmers are vs the suit swimmers.
The swimmers who swam fast in a full body suit but aren't as fast in jammers.
It surprises me that male swimmers aren't maximizing body coverage, at the texas state championships most boys wore their jammers 6 to 8 inches below their belly buttons. It's really a suit maker design flaw, they should provide more fabric.
I wrote a SFF tip about what to do to prepare for the change in suit rules. The jist was:
+ Get in Better shape,
+ lose weight,
+ Improve your kick, and
+ get stronger
