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For swimming, there are many different varieties of swimsuits. Girls usually have a practice suit and then a meet suit. The meet suit is much tighter that the practice suit because the tighter the suit, the faster you go. You can get any color suit you want. There are whole body suits too, they make you go faster because none of your skin is showing. |
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There
are three different kinds of boy swimsuits. There is the Speedo and that
one is the really small one. There are also jammers and those
ones
are like tight shorts that go down to your knees.
The last type of suit is a full body suit or just like tight
pants. Usually boys wear jammers these days. |
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Goggles
are a very important part in swimming. They help you see under water. If
you didn’t wear goggles, then the chlorine would irritate
your eyes. There are many different kinds of goggles. I have a pair that
looks like there is a mirror on the outside of them. So when I do the
backstroke outside, the sun wont get in your eyes.
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Swim caps are used to keep your hair out of the way while you swim and also so your hair doesn’t get damaged from the chlorine. |
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They
also make you go faster because your hair gives you drag. There are so
many different kinds of swim caps. |
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Kickboards are used to kick with your head above water. when you are kicking, you use your legs a lot. Usually when people have an ear infection. |
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Pull boys are used to work on your arms and make you stronger. You put the pull boy between your legs and then you don't kick and you work on your arms.
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