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I bought some really cool reverable drag shorts the other day. Mainly because we have to wear drag at training, well supposed to and instead of wearing two pairs of bathers which puts pressure on my shoulder I bought some drag shorts thinking it wouldn't be as tough, I was wrong.
Does anyone else find the speedo drag shorts really tough? And I thought wearing two/three pairs of bathers created loads of drag. Lets hope the extra work will pay off.
mad4it
15-06-2003, 07:41 PM
yeh i bought drag shorts last year, i wore them until xmas, then i took them off for like a week and when i put them back on it was so tough so i havn't worn them since!
try 2 keep wearin them coz ur right they will totally benefit u even if the trainin is tough 2 start with, u soon get used 2 them!
super_fish88
15-06-2003, 08:29 PM
Even though they're tough they do help you because they make you work harder, i'm sure it'll be better after you've worn they for a couple of days.
nsswimmer
16-06-2003, 12:21 AM
yea drag shorts are HARD! but they help tons =) the first week is the hardest, but dont worry it gets much easier after that, and you will be very pleasantly surprised at your next meet at how fast you can go! =)
Mine have come 2day.................Mine have come 2day............................. Yay........................ I only had 2 wait 3 1/2/wks........................wahooo
michael harvey
16-06-2003, 11:33 AM
My son wears 2 pair of bathers then Kieffer drag shorts for all training sessions and warm ups before galas in them as well before putting on his fastskins to race.
Bootie
16-06-2003, 12:05 PM
I just make do with 2 pairs of bathers and a "drag gut", kinda works for me!
Originally posted by Bootie
I just make do with 2 pairs of bathers and a "drag gut", kinda works for me!
Two pairs of bathers does nothing in comparison especially for boys/men. As for the gut....No comment!
Bootie
16-06-2003, 12:54 PM
Is it worth me "joining the club" and buying a pair of "drag shorts" to improve my swimming then?
chlorine_babe
16-06-2003, 01:04 PM
Drag shorts kill for about the first month, but you feel so fast when you take them off to race. The only problem is putting them back on after galas. Go for it Bootie
Originally posted by Bootie
Is it worth me "joining the club" and buying a pair of "drag shorts" to improve my swimming then?
The lack of hair would even out the effect that the drag shorts would give, so no benefit would obtained......hey I sound like what you did when you were telling me about fastskins and hair :p
Originally posted by Bootie
Is it worth me "joining the club" and buying a pair of "drag shorts" to improve my swimming then?
If your man enough!!!
Bootie
16-06-2003, 03:02 PM
Well that just sounds like a dare to me! I shall have a little look through a few swimming catalogues or indeed buy a pair next weekend, I'm at a gala in Sheffield and Ponds Forge has a swimshop right next door!
nsswimmer
16-06-2003, 03:22 PM
haha! good luck bootie ;)
Bootie
16-06-2003, 03:28 PM
Originally posted by nsswimmer
haha! good luck bootie ;)
Well thanks!
................but I'm not actually swimming, I am taking my 13 year old daughter to her first big swim meet in the UK.
super_fish88
16-06-2003, 03:57 PM
Lol, good luck to her!
michael harvey
16-06-2003, 03:57 PM
Dont forget you do have to buy them bigggggg, otherwise they do not work.
Chris
16-06-2003, 03:59 PM
Originally posted by michael harvey
Dont forget you do have to buy them bigggggg, otherwise they do not work.
Mine are huge (keep your comments to yourself please ;) ) so it feels like I'm dragging a parachute behind me when I swim!!!
Steve
16-06-2003, 04:34 PM
Originally posted by Bootie
Well that just sounds like a dare to me! I shall have a little look through a few swimming catalogues or indeed buy a pair next weekend, I'm at a gala in Sheffield and Ponds Forge has a swimshop right next door!
I thought the Gerrard's shop at ponds forge had closed :confused: Maybe I'm wrong of course! :rolleyes:
GettingFaster
16-06-2003, 05:04 PM
Originally posted by michael harvey
Dont forget you do have to buy them bigggggg, otherwise they do not work.
I was at a gala recently where one team's girls all did warm-up in what I think were supposed to be drag shorts but they were all really tiny and really close-fitting so I couldn't see how they could have added ANY drag!
mad4it
16-06-2003, 08:07 PM
sometimes even tho it appears they r really tight u woodn't believe the amount of drag u get out of them!!
Bootie
17-06-2003, 07:41 AM
Originally posted by Steve Buckley
I thought the Gerrard's shop at ponds forge had closed :confused: Maybe I'm wrong of course! :rolleyes:
Err, maybe I wont buy some from Gerrards then! It was open last November when I were there last, but obviously a lot of water under the bridge since then.
Conrad Cawley
18-06-2003, 10:39 AM
Wear a pair of 40 denier tights under your costume with feet (of tights) cut off. This creates enough drag but does not affect body position in the water.
Phil Tanner
18-06-2003, 10:53 AM
with feet (of tights) cut off
Nice one! :D
Originally posted by Conrad Cawley
Wear a pair of 40 denier tights under your costume with feet (of tights) cut off. This creates enough drag but does not affect body position in the water.
Do you actually know anyone who does that?
swimmer
18-06-2003, 04:26 PM
lol yeh i've seen a dorking swimmers wear them
super_fish88
18-06-2003, 05:59 PM
Hehe, you'd look so weird!!
michael harvey
19-06-2003, 07:37 AM
Yes, i am sure the dorking swimmers were still wearing them at the last rother League gala,of course I could be mistaken.
Conrad Cawley
19-06-2003, 07:49 AM
My swimmers wear tights (40 denier, very important) all the time while training. We are division 3 Rother and we beat one div 1 and one div 2 team to finish 3rd so it must be working.
mammamedley
19-06-2003, 08:11 AM
it works - we used to do it years ago!!! and we also used to drag a bowl with holes in on a rope attached to a rubber band round our ankles!! and my Dad had some paddles made that were the size of a kickboard!!
Originally posted by mammamedley
my Dad had some paddles made that were the size of a kickboard!!
They would be really hard to use!!!!! I would hate it if Alison went on a giant kick-board size hand paddles phase and made us wear them as much as possible.
londoner62
23-12-2003, 08:29 PM
I used to wear tights when I a little one. It felt stupid at first but I recall feeling better when my coach swam the warm up with me the next day! I actually prefered swimming with a t shirt though. Do kids still have the fun we had?
Paul
vince
23-11-2006, 01:27 PM
Humm,
interesting that you should mention Tights, I was working in america a few years back and it seems this was quite a popular thing to do, women and men were wearing what they call pantyhose, I tried it and found it really helped me, maybe it was the support or the drag or lack of it, not sure which, but I was getting more lengths than before.
Anyone else tried them?
Vince
Emosmum
06-12-2006, 11:54 AM
Would fish nets work?................. Emosmum...
Emosmum
06-12-2006, 11:59 AM
Teamed with these dragpants ,
http://www.swimbits.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Equipment.html
they would look fab....... :zip:
Emos got the camouflage pink and blue ones.... Plymouth Leander have P L printed on the rear of theirs , could do with getting some with names/nicknames printed on them .
Cheers Emosmum
Would fish nets work?................. Emosmum...
Not if you want to catch the same thing as Bully.
Bully
06-12-2006, 01:45 PM
Would fish nets work?................. Emosmum...
They work for me especially with stiletto's!!!
EssBee
06-12-2006, 03:54 PM
Teamed with these dragpants ,
http://www.swimbits.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Equipment.html
they would look fab....... :zip:
Emos got the camouflage pink and blue ones.... Plymouth Leander have P L printed on the rear of theirs , could do with getting some with names/nicknames printed on them .
Cheers Emosmum
Chris arranged this last year for the Barracudas when they went to Lanzarote. They looked great and someone took a brilliant photograph of the swimmers all wearing matching drag shorts with their nicknames on.
EssBee
:wave:
Emosmum
07-12-2006, 12:09 AM
Hi Essbee,
Dont suppose anyone knows where they got them from ?
Cheers Emosmum :)
EssBee
07-12-2006, 12:20 AM
Hi Essbee,
Dont suppose anyone knows where they got them from ?
Cheers Emosmum :)
Sorry, Emosmum, I don't know but maybe Chris will reply if/when he looks at this thread. Alternatively, you could try sending him a PM.
EssBee
:wave:
steph_x
17-01-2007, 08:06 PM
ive just ordered some drag trunks today :)
i already have two pairs and am just getting my third (as a bday present :))
there black with pink stars :D
cant wait til they come!
yeah drag trunks are sorta hard to adjust too.
i've been wearing mine almost two years now, started off with the re-versible costume (which soon broke due to the straps snapping :mad: )
but got my first pair of trunks from a local meet for like £5 and not stopped wearing them since.
even though there tough they help in the long run :D
steph_x
17-01-2007, 08:08 PM
Teamed with these dragpants ,
http://www.swimbits.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Equipment.html
they would look fab....... :zip:
Emos got the camouflage pink and blue ones.... Plymouth Leander have P L printed on the rear of theirs , could do with getting some with names/nicknames printed on them .
Cheers Emosmum
a cheaper site where ive just got mine from
www.agonswim.com (http://www.agonswim.com)
they have names on the back and also different patterns.
smilie faces
aliens
skulls
you name it they have it.
it is an american site, so they do take a few weeks to come, but there only £15 plus £3/£4 p&p so there worth the wait :D
Spidey
17-01-2007, 10:53 PM
a cheaper site where ive just got mine from
www.agonswim.com (http://www.agonswim.com)
they have names on the back and also different patterns.
smilie faces
aliens
skulls
you name it they have it.
it is an american site, so they do take a few weeks to come, but there only £15 plus £3/£4 p&p so there worth the wait :D
Only thing about agon swim is that there is international shipping fees for us in the UK, and the after-sales service I had when one went missing was absolute rubbish. In my early days we used to wear tights instead of drag shorts.
Spidey
17-01-2007, 11:07 PM
Where do you think spidey came from all those years ago???
steph_x
18-01-2007, 10:35 AM
Only thing about agon swim is that there is international shipping fees for us in the UK, and the after-sales service I had when one went missing was absolute rubbish. In my early days we used to wear tights instead of drag shorts.
oh right! haha, tights?! might have to try it ;)
but i have ordered a couple of times off that site, and had no problems at all.
they did take a while to come, but they are from america, so i wasnt expecting next day delivery.
but i think it just depends on where you are and if your lucky or not!
zanshin
18-01-2007, 10:43 AM
I don't need drag shorts my belly gives me plenty of resistance:)
steph_x
18-01-2007, 10:46 AM
I don't need drag shorts my belly gives me plenty of resistance:)
haha, unfortunatly im not quite there yet. although after the christmas hols with all that booze, im almost there :P
Spidey
18-01-2007, 09:59 PM
My first spidey suit fitted well, but the stiching came away at the bottom of the zip. The costume was sent back for a refund as they said they could repair it - the material around the zip could not be repaired. I never got it back and no refund. 3 years later I eamil every now and then but get no reply - at all.
Have never worn drag shorts before now but wouldn't mind giving them a go. I'm a size 30 waist (male) - can anyone tell me what size I should go for?
jimmyswimmer
01-02-2007, 10:09 PM
u should get the same size waist, im a 32 (me bein a fat git n' all) and mine are a little too big. ohh my lord i got mine nicked, and i got some new ones for the first time since before xmas, and we had a 30x100fc test set on 1.30 and i DIED!! i was only hitting like 1.15s
SplashPenguin
15-05-2007, 04:30 PM
Are the ones on the web site swimBits for girls cos i don't know i already have the Maru ones
Baker
15-05-2007, 10:25 PM
u should get the same size waist, im a 32 (me bein a fat git n' all) and mine are a little too big. ohh my lord i got mine nicked, and i got some new ones for the first time since before xmas, and we had a 30x100fc test set on 1.30 and i DIED!! i was only hitting like 1.15s
Oh yes you are one fat lump.
Chris
15-05-2007, 10:30 PM
I've been wearing drag shorts every session for the past 3 years or so (at least).
I'm not sure I notice the difference when I'm not wearing them any more!
Chris
Wildswimmer
15-05-2007, 10:37 PM
This thread reminded me of something that has been cause for some concern. I've noticed the penchant for long shorts shown by a lot of youngsters - OK for a pool but not in open water.
Drag shorts or any other form of long or otherwise restrictive swim kit should NEVER be worn in open water. You never know if some situation will arise where you will need your full ability - perhaps to save your own or possibly another's life.
So if you're swimming in river, lake or sea - best stick to the skimpies.
Wildswimmer Pete
Baker
15-05-2007, 11:02 PM
This thread reminded me of something that has been cause for some concern. I've noticed the penchant for long shorts shown by a lot of youngsters - OK for a pool but not in open water.
Drag shorts or any other form of long or otherwise restrictive swim kit should NEVER be worn in open water. You never know if some situation will arise where you will need your full ability - perhaps to save your own or possibly another's life.
So if you're swimming in river, lake or sea - best stick to the skimpies.
Wildswimmer Pete
To be honest it's not as if drag shorts are made of lead. The difference they make is minimal.
jimmyswimmer
16-05-2007, 12:58 PM
Oh yes you are one fat lump.
Haha yeah that was a kinda spur of the moment thing there, but I dont really like my stomach that much, because i cant seem to find any muscle, no matter how much poking and prodding i do. i go about the task with the gusto of a three year old opening a mars bar, but i never get rewarded for my efforts :banghead:
SplashPenguin
17-05-2007, 07:09 PM
Are the ones On SwimBits website(the blue kaci ones) for girls too?
Chris
17-05-2007, 08:45 PM
Are the ones On SwimBits website(the blue kaci ones) for girls too?
Hi there SplashPenguin. Sorry for ignoring you the first time round!
I think all the drag shorts are for either boys or girls .... doesn't matter which.
Chris
BigRed
18-05-2007, 07:09 PM
I've been wearing drag shorts every session for the past 3 years or so (at least). I'm not sure I notice the difference when I'm not wearing them any more!
Hi, Chris.
I've been reading this thread with interest because I waited for a good reason to wear them. I still haven't heard one & your comment bears out the reason not to wear them. What happens when the added drag doesn't affect you any more? Add another suit? Then what? Anyway, by reading a lot of the comments many people admit the benefit isn't lasting as you either get used to it gets easier...
yeh i bought drag shorts last year, i wore them until xmas, then i took them off for like a week and when i put them back on it was so tough so i havn't worn them since!
Even though they're tough they do help you because they make you work harder, i'm sure it'll be better after you've worn they for a couple of days.
yea drag shorts are HARD! but they help tons =) the first week is the hardest, but dont worry it gets much easier after that
To be honest it's not as if drag shorts are made of lead. The difference they make is minimal.
Champinprogress
18-05-2007, 10:43 PM
My son wears them in every session, whether they do any good I have no idea, but he's the only one in his club who does wear them, one of the other lads (no 1 swimmer in the club) wears 2 pairs of trunks instead of drag shorts.
The way I look at it is they can't do any harm and psychologically if when he puts his racing kit on he believes that he has so much less drag then that can only be a good thing.
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