EQUIPMENTS FOR

SWIMMING
SWIMWEAR
• FOR WOMEN, THE BEST CHOICE FOR SWIMMING IS THE ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT.
• FOR MEN, THESE ARE USUALLY SWIM BRIEFS, SWIM TRUNKS OR JAMMERS.
CAPS
• IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT PROVIDES
MULTIPLE BENEFITS. FOR PROFESSIONAL
SWIMMERS, SWIM CAPS REDUCE DRAG TO
INCREASE SPEED IN THE WATER. SWIM
CAPS ALSO KEEP HAIR OUT OF THE FACE,
HELP REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF CHLORINE
ON THE HAIR AND HELP SWIMMERS RETAIN
BODY HEAT WHEN THEY ARE SWIMMING IN
COLDER WATER.
SWIMMING GOOGLES

• IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHILE YOUR

HEAD IS IMMERSED IN THE WATER,
WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY
ABOUT CHLORINE IRRITATION.
NOSE CLIPS
• A BENT WIRE PADDED WITH RUBBER. THEY
ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP THE WATER OUT OF
YOUR NOSE. TO DO SO, YOU STICK THE
DEVICE ON YOUR NOSE AND IT PINCHES
YOUR NOSTRILS TOGETHER
EARPLUGS
• ALSO KNOWN AS SWIMMERS EAR
• TO BLOCK WATER FROM ENTERING
THE EAR CANAL WHILE THEY ARE
SWIMMING. EXCESS WATER ENTERING
THE EAR CAN CAUSE DISCOMFORT
FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER
• SWIMMING AND CAN ALSO INCREASE
YOUR CHANCES OF DEVELOPING AN
OUTER EAR INFECTION.
SWIMMING FINS
• TO INCREASE THEIR SPEED THROUGH THE WATER,
HELPING TO IMPROVE THEIR POSTURE AND KEEPING
THEIR HIPS HIGH IN THE WATER.
• THIS HELPS YOU TO FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR ASPECT
OF YOUR STROKE SUCH AS HAND POSITION.
PULL BUOYS
• A FIGURE-EIGHT SHAPED FLOTATION DEVICE
MADE OF SOLID FOAM AND WHICH YOU
SQUEEZE BETWEEN YOUR THIGHS.
• A PULL BUOY ALSO SUPPORTS YOUR LEGS SO
YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE ARM STROKE
MOVEMENTS. IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO
USE THEM WHEN SWIMMING FRONT CRAWL.
SWIMMING NOODLE
• ALSO CALLED AS WATER NOODLES
• A LONG COLORED FLEXIBLE CYLINDERS MADE OF SOLID
FOAM.
• A FLOTATION DEVICES TO SUPPORT THE UPPER BODY
WHILE LEARNING THE LEG MOVEMENTS OF THE
DIFFERENT SWIMMING STROKES.
KICK BOARD
• CAN BE USED TO ISOLATE AND LEARN
THE LEG MOVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE
FLUTTER KICK AND THE BREASTSTROKE
KICK.
• A KICKBOARD MAKES LESS SENSE TO
LEARN THE DOLPHIN KICK USED IN
BUTTERFLY, AS THE KICKBOARD LIMITS
THE BODY UNDULATION THAT IS
ESSENTIAL IN THAT STROKE.
SWIMMING PADDLES
• A DEVICE WORN BY SWIMMERS DURING
TRAINING. IT CONSISTS OF A PLASTIC PLATE
WORN OVER THE SWIMMER'S PALM AND
ATTACHED OVER THE BACK OF THE SWIMMER'S
HAND WITH ELASTIC CORDS. THE PLATE IS OFTEN
PERFORATED WITH A PATTERN OF HOLES.
• A HANDLE PADDLE INCREASES THE RESISTANCE
THE HAND EXPERIENCES AS IT TRIES TO MOVE
THROUGH THE WATER DURING THE EFFECTIVE
PART OF THE ARM STROKE – THE PART OF THE
STROKE DESCRIBED AS THE "PULL".