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Alright I'm sure most people here use them most every practice. On my previous teams there have been anywhere from required trunks/shorts or drag suits recomended. And not only every once and a while it is every practice! I too have fallen into this habbit. Although im going to try without it durring my tapering week for my last scy meet. Right now it seams to make my kick feel very useless and my feel for the water, even with good technique, seams to be diminished. Any coaches or swimmers want to tell how their teammates or coach or yourself wears dragsuit, as in how many days/week or what parts of practice or for workout purposes or just so that you "feel" faster at a meet? All comments please! So everyone gets their ideas in! |
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This is TOTALLY a personal preference... but I HATE drag suits. :) The trouble is simple. While they're GREAT for adding resistance, they're HORRIBLE to teaching you to swim fast. To me, they change how the hips flow with the body, adversely impact the legs, and drag the body into an inefficient position. Other than that... they're GREAT. :) 100 years ago when I swam, the big thing was panty hose between shaves. Shave down for district champs to qualify for state champs... then put on panty hose so you didn't feel the shave on your legs... then take them off for states. RIDICULOUS. So the MOST important week to get to know your stroke... you overload HALF of your body. Silly silly. I wore them for a day, and took them off. While I don't wear a fastskin, or sleek suits during practice, I'm careful to make sure the suit doesn't mess up my stroke. If I want to overload part of my body, I use a board, paddles, buoy, cords, parachutes... all the other toys... but a regular suit. But hey... that's me. |
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I guess I should also make sure I state what my definition of a drag suit is. It's not just that it's a baggy suit, it's that it's overly BAGGY. Like surf shorts or trunks. It's the old suits that actually had pockets set OUTWARD. With that being said, it may change how my first post is viewed. |
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personally...
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Elixir, what type of drag suit are you refering to? Everyone I know where's the typical one, slightly bigger than your speedo. Now, sometimes we'll use "big drag suits", i.e. shorts (and shirts and shoes as well), or the drag suit with the pockets on the outside like Glenn talked about. These "big drag suits" we did not use that often, but the normal ones we would use every practice. You're right though, with the "big ones" there is so much resistance that you loose feel for the water and sometimes even technique, which is why we do not use them that often. |
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Just the standard ones that are slightly larger than a speedo. |
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Thats what I figured. Yea, we use those every day. It's pretty standard. I see you swim for Lindenwood... thats a pretty stout D3 school |
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actually NAIA. They sure do support lots of athletic programs! Syncro swimming next year too! |
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