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December 7, 2007 at 12:53 am #12901
swimmerdude
MemberI was wondering what teams in D3 race in drag around the country. I know a lot of D1 schools race in speedos and or fast suits. And i know that Kenyon definetly does duel meets in drag. My question is what other teams do? I know JHU swims very fast early on and in duel meets, are they just in speedos?
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December 7, 2007 at 12:58 am #42164
nemesis enforcer
Memberi think it might be preference for a lot of ppl instead of a team standard, i know i’ve seen kids on the same team one w/ drag one w/o.
personally i always swim w/ drag, so i don’t make ppl look bad 8)
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December 7, 2007 at 3:29 am #42165
CaseBrst10
Member@swimmerdude wrote:
And i know that Kenyon definetly does duel meets in drag. My question is what other teams do?
haha that just sounds like Kenyon Men race in women’s clothing
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December 7, 2007 at 3:36 am #42166
wonderboy33
MemberI’m not sure I’ve ever heard of teams racing in drag suits. What exactly would be the point of this? I understand the point of training with drag suits but I would think competition would be a different story.
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December 7, 2007 at 3:51 am #42167
Colbybr
Member@wonderboy33 wrote:
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of teams racing in drag suits. What exactly would be the point of this? I understand the point of training with drag suits but I would think competition would be a different story.
Being able to say you were wearing a drag suit in case you lose a close race? I agree and don’t see the purpose of this. But I think certain old school elements in the sport really want to accomplish the “lets swim slow until we shave and taper and drop tons of time” season while others figure they should swim as fast as they can in every meet. I think both philosophies are valid but I’m definitely for wearing regular racing suits and maybe the occasional fastskin in a dual meet
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December 7, 2007 at 5:11 am #42168
wonderboy33
MemberI’m with you. I would wear regular suits and maybe throw a fastskin on for a mid-season taper meet or a big invitational. Do coaches really expect to convince their swimmers that they had such a great taper because they dropped a lot of time partially due to the suits they wore during the season? Is this really something that Kenyon does?
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December 7, 2007 at 6:59 am #42169
99 Red
MemberI lived back in the days of paper suits being the fast thing. Drag suits=comfort. Paper=pelvic bruising. The choice was easy. How comfortable are the fastskins to wear around the deck? Because the old drag suits were pretty easy.
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December 7, 2007 at 1:28 pm #42170
Colbybr
MemberFast skins are typically pretty tough to put on but ok when they are dry. When wet they can really suction in and cause some pain and itching in my experience. I tried to wear mine as little as possible when I was shaved.
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December 7, 2007 at 1:50 pm #42171
screeeeeeeeech
Memberwhen wet they can really suction in and cause some pain and itching in my experience
Yes, crabs will do that to you.
(cue rimshot)
But seriously, fastskins suck ass to wear around. They are murder on your legs. I would always rip mine off as soon as I got out of the water. -
December 7, 2007 at 2:34 pm #42172
PioneerSwimming
MemberScreeeeeech,
That’s funny. We had “paper suits” in our day. Peter Smith, Jon’s predecessor at Emory, used to buy us two for NCAA’s. I used to get two sizes: my 200-500 free size, and my 1650 size (technical suits were cheaper in those days, $29). Either way, I couldn’t wait to get out of them, and delayed getting into those as much as possible at major meets at Emory (’91 and ’93 NCAA’s). My teammates and I would change in the back room behind the blocks rather than walk all the way around the pool to the lockerrooms. And change right out after races and before warm-down. -
December 7, 2007 at 2:39 pm #42173
Low Tide
MemberI still have some paper suits and should pull them out for the next alumni meet 🙂
I never saw much use for wearing a real drag suit at dual meets. I think you need to feel ‘fast’ a few times a year throughout the season for just the confidence booster. I wanted meets to feel like meets, and not just a sprint at practice.
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December 7, 2007 at 3:28 pm #42174
Chapel Partner
MemberOn a training note: my high school coach had everyone train in polyester old school (50s-era) women’s suits with a t-shirt and long underwear on underneath. We’d do this for like 3-4 weeks prior to taper. I never knew any different and assumed all teams did this since I didn’t swim club or anything… then when I got to college, we never did anything like that.
Do other teams do any similar “drag” training?
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December 7, 2007 at 3:34 pm #42175
maverick1
Memberi tried something along those lines (t-shirt, long underwear legs)a few times in high school but then dropped it and went with tights, drag suit and bandana (sp?) because the t shirt and long underwear just impeded my technique way to much.
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December 7, 2007 at 3:41 pm #42176
WCSwmFan
MemberAt Westminster during duel meets, unless it was a big duel, coach always wanted us to wear two suits, not really wearing a drag, but just having an extra one on under your team suit, I’m not really sure what it did for us, but thats what we did
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December 7, 2007 at 7:28 pm #42177
BreakingTheSurface
MemberGet it right dudes — it’s ‘dual’ meets, not ‘duel’ unless you are Aaron Burr trying to assassinate someone.
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December 7, 2007 at 7:33 pm #42178
PioneerSwimming
MemberDo other teams do any similar “drag” training?
My team doesn’t: I find that the pancake make-up runs all over the place and the wigs just get in the way….
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December 7, 2007 at 7:36 pm #42179
JHUBreaststroke06
MemberI never wore drag suits in college, not even for practice. The drag causes your hips to sink in the water and alters your body position, not good for your stroke at all. Most of the guys stopped using them when we were told this.
I just used water polo suits because they are made out of better fabric that doesnt get killed by chlorine as bad. Used the same one for 3 years.
T-shirts and that kid of stuff I used on occasion, for power stuff, but not a lot because that really kills your stroke and your shoulders.
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December 7, 2007 at 8:01 pm #42180
swimmerdude
Member@wonderboy33 wrote:
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of teams racing in drag suits. What exactly would be the point of this? I understand the point of training with drag suits but I would think competition would be a different story.
It does seem odd to race in drag. But kenyon has won 28 years in a row…so maybe its working?
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December 7, 2007 at 8:06 pm #42181
Lt. Mitch Buchannon
Member@JHUBreaststroke06 wrote:
I never wore drag suits in college, not even for practice. The drag causes your hips to sink in the water and alters your body position, not good for your stroke at all. Most of the guys stopped using them when we were told this.
We were told the same thing. Drag really messes up body position in the water and doesn’t give you the correct feeling while swimming. While in high school during taper I was all about not shaving until the last possible moment and then when shaved wearing as much drag as possible to minimize losing that great feeling of not having any body hair. It took me a little while in college to get off this mindset but finally occurred to me that it was actually better to get a good feeling for the water without any drag since that was how I was going to be racing. When I coached H.S. I told my guys the same thing, allow you body to experience what it feels like with as little drag as possible, especially when you shave and taper.
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December 7, 2007 at 8:26 pm #42182
JHUBreaststroke06
Member@Lt. Mitch Buchannon wrote:
@JHUBreaststroke06 wrote:
I never wore drag suits in college, not even for practice. The drag causes your hips to sink in the water and alters your body position, not good for your stroke at all. Most of the guys stopped using them when we were told this.
We were told the same thing. Drag really messes up body position in the water and doesn’t give you the correct feeling while swimming. While in high school during taper I was all about not shaving until the last possible moment and then when shaved wearing as much drag as possible to minimize losing that great feeling of not having any body hair. It took me a little while in college to get off this mindset but finally occurred to me that it was actually better to get a good feeling for the water without any drag since that was how I was going to be racing. When I coached H.S. I told my guys the same thing, allow you body to experience what it feels like with as little drag as possible, especially when you shave and taper.
Exactly. I did the same thing in HS, and it no longer makes any sense to me, haha. Plus it was a hassle.
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December 8, 2007 at 4:45 am #42183
Derek
Member@BreakingTheSurface wrote:
Get it right dudes — it’s ‘dual’ meets, not ‘duel’ unless you are Aaron Burr trying to assassinate someone.
That’s not really fair to Aaron Burr… he was misinformed!
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December 8, 2007 at 5:12 am #42184
wonderboy33
Member@swimmerdude wrote:
It does seem odd to race in drag. But kenyon has won 28 years in a row…so maybe its working?
They have been successful, no question. Their taper is so highly touted. It seems they never “miss” a taper. Could part of the reason why they have such a great taper be due to the fact that they use drag suits up until taper time? Have we confirmed that they always use drag suits in season yet?
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December 8, 2007 at 5:26 am #42185
wonderboy33
MemberI remember when I was 11, we used to wear t-shirts and shoes, strap on a bungee cord and swim 500’s. As scrawny as I was, I would end up swimming as far as I could, then pull on the lane line to the other end. Crazy.
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December 8, 2007 at 6:35 pm #42186
nemesis enforcer
Memberwe used to fill jugs up with water and pull with them on, it was really hard and we stopped after a couple years cuz we started doing every set with them and just went super slow.
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December 8, 2007 at 10:02 pm #42187
Colbybr
Member@wonderboy33 wrote:
@swimmerdude wrote:
It does seem odd to race in drag. But kenyon has won 28 years in a row…so maybe its working?
They have been successful, no question. Their taper is so highly touted. It seems they never “miss” a taper. Could part of the reason why they have such a great taper be due to the fact that they use drag suits up until taper time? Have we confirmed that they always use drag suits in season yet?
They were almost all wearing fastskins at the Kenyon Invite.
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