mine in bold
At convention there will probably be all sorts of claims about how tech suits increase participation (or not). A good example is that in the interview Rob implies that attendance at nationals was high because of the suits.
maybe attendance was high it was because this event was sold as the "last chance" for THE SUITS
What I would love to see is a broad, professionally designed survey that attempts to answer that question. The majority of our members have no plans to compete and could care less. So I would like answers to the following questions:
-- for "newbies" (ie, those who are thinking of competing but haven't done so), would the tech suits be a draw or a deterrent?
-- for those who compete regularly or semi-regularly, would the tech suits increase their enjoyment of the sport and/or make them more or less likely to continue to compete?
for me... less likely. its nice to read about folks tearing up the pool, but my point of time reference is lost. (kind of like when someone says "the water is 10 degrees C".... i know that means "cold" but that's where it ends
I think the whole "FINA doesn't care about SCY" argument is flimsy, though. No other rules are different, that I know about. (I sure would love to get rid of the 15m rule, for example.) and how about adding butterfly flipturns!
mine in bold
At convention there will probably be all sorts of claims about how tech suits increase participation (or not). A good example is that in the interview Rob implies that attendance at nationals was high because of the suits.
maybe attendance was high it was because this event was sold as the "last chance" for THE SUITS
What I would love to see is a broad, professionally designed survey that attempts to answer that question. The majority of our members have no plans to compete and could care less. So I would like answers to the following questions:
-- for "newbies" (ie, those who are thinking of competing but haven't done so), would the tech suits be a draw or a deterrent?
-- for those who compete regularly or semi-regularly, would the tech suits increase their enjoyment of the sport and/or make them more or less likely to continue to compete?
for me... less likely. its nice to read about folks tearing up the pool, but my point of time reference is lost. (kind of like when someone says "the water is 10 degrees C".... i know that means "cold" but that's where it ends
I think the whole "FINA doesn't care about SCY" argument is flimsy, though. No other rules are different, that I know about. (I sure would love to get rid of the 15m rule, for example.) and how about adding butterfly flipturns!
