SUIT FINDER SWIMSUIT
LINKS & INFORMATION OTHER THAN SWIMOUTLET.COM - If you
find a suit on line or in a local store that would work for
our swimmers, please let me know and I'll post the
information on this page. Email info to:
aquatics@brownell.edu
-July 22, 2010:
I've heard reports that the Dollar Store has solid navy
suits for sale.
-August 2, 2010: Navy
jammers in sizes 18 & 20. $12.50
http://www.swimmerschoice.com/servlet/the-424/Dolfin-Little-Solid-Jammers/Detail
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UNIFORM INFORMATION
This is important stuff. Read clear to the bottom of
the page.
 SWIM CAPS & GOGGLES
CAPS:
We require that all
Mates and participants in the 25
Club and Animal Lanes programs
wear swim caps at every practice. We sell Face-Up
First caps in the pool office. Latex caps are $8 and
silicone caps are $16. You may
purchase a cap from us our wear a cap you purchase
elsewhere. Our outfitter,
SwimOutlet.com, has a wide variety of caps for sale.
Read to the bottom of the page for more information on
SwimOutlet.com.
What happens if a swimmer
shows up to practice without a cap?
Mates will be provided a cap to use. Animal Lane
swimmers and 25 Club swimmers will be asked to leave.
They may not swim without a swim cap. We
encourage, but do not require children under three to wear
swim caps. You can read more about the benefits of
swim caps here: Swim Cap
Information
GOGGLES:
We require that all Mates and
participants in the 25 Club and Animal Lanes programs bring
goggles to every practice. We sometimes have goggles
for sale in the office for $10. You may purchase
goggles from us our wear goggles you purchase elsewhere.
What happens if a swimmer shows up to practice
without a goggles? Mates will be
provided goggles to use. Animal Lane swimmers and 25
Club swimmers will be asked to leave. They may not
swim without goggles. We do not require children
under three to wear goggles.
 We
recommend these goggles above all others. They are the
Finis H2 Jr. goggle. There are available at our
outfitter, SwimOutlet.com. Visit
www.swimoutlet.com/btaquatics and then type "Finis H2 Jr"
in the search box at the top left of the page. As of
May 25, 2010, these goggles were selling for $10.79 at
SwimOutlet.com. These goggles fit almost every little
face. They are great. (More information on
SwimOutlet.com below.)
If you are not going to
purchase these goggles, please consider the following when
purchasing goggles: Pick a clear or slightly tinted
lens. The clearer the better, especially for children
who are afraid. We have an indoor pool. Mirrored
or dark colored goggles make it very hard for swimmers to
see and it changes the "mood" of the swim for them.
It's like you wearing your sunglasses inside. There's
a difference. Check the fit of any goggles you
purchase. Remove them from the package and press the
eye pieces against your eye sockets without using the strap
around your head. You should be able to create suction
enough to hold the goggles in place even when you shake your
head. If you can't get the goggles to suck onto your
face, they will leak. The easiest goggles for kids to
wear are the ones with the stretchiest straps, and the
fewest separate parts.
Your suit,
cap, and goggles make up a uniform for swimming. Each
of the pieces of your uniform are designed to help you swim
easier and faster. It is important to wear the full
uniform. Coming to practice without goggles or a cap
is the same as coming without your suit! We wouldn't
let you swim without your suit, and we won't let you swim
without cap or goggles. Start thinking of these
separate items as one uniform.
SWIM SUITS:
Our policy will
change on September 1, 2010. Please read the swim suit
information carefully.
Summer 2010: We
strongly recommend that all Mates wear competitive style
training suits: one-piece training suits for girls and
"jammers" for boys - they look like bike shorts. A
swimming suit is a technical piece of equipment for the
sport of swimming, not just a fashion item. Swimmers
will learn to swim much faster and easier in a well fitting
suit that sheds water. Did you know that boys surfer
style trunks can hold as much as five pounds of water?
What happens if a swimmer shows up to practice
without a competitive style training suit?
That swimmer will have a harder
time learning to swim than his friends who are wearing
appropriate training attire.
September 1, 2010:
Face-Up First Swim School REQUIRES
that all swimmers three and older (excluding the Adult
Program) wear solid navy colored competitive style training
suits. Swimmers that arrive in any other type of suit
will not be allowed in the water. Solid navy suits are
the class uniform and are required to be worn at every
class.
What happens if a swimmer shows up to
practice without a competitive style training suit?
We exempt toddlers under 3 from the training suit rule.
Mates, Voyagers, Animal Lanes swimmers, and 25 Club swimmers
will all be asked to leave without entering the water if
they show up in anything but a solid navy competitive style
training suit.
These are photos of acceptable style swimming suits.
These Speedo Learn to Swim suits are available at our
outfitter, SwimOutlet.com. On May 25, 2010 the girls
suit listed for $28.00 and was on sale for $22.50.
There was another style, the wide strap, that was on sale
for $14.95. The boys suit listed for $19.95 and was on
sale for $9.95.
SwimOutlet.com carries navy training
suits in several different styles from several different
brands. Be sure to choose a suit that comes in navy.
We require solid navy
suits. (Please do not call to ask if a navy suit with
red or white or gold trim is acceptable. Suits must be
solid navy.)
To find suits, visit
www.swimoutlet.com/btaquatics and then click on
Women's Swimwear, Men's Swimwear, and Kids
Swimwear from the menu at left. There are kids
sizes in all three of those places. You will have to
click on Racing or Competition once you
make the first selection. There are lots of choices in
all price ranges.
SwimOutlet.com is not the only swim shop out there on line,
but we think they are the best! They offer a wide
selection of quality products for good prices. Please
support B-T Aquatics by shopping through our affiliate link.
Click on the SwimOutlet logo or here:
www.swimoutlet.com/btaquatics, or type in swimoutlet.com
and add the slash (/) and btaquatics. You should see a
small banner at the top of every page indicating that you
are shopping through our affiliate page. The
SwimOutlet.com logo with a link to our page is located in
the main menu section at the top of every page in our
website.
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