{"id":444830,"date":"2020-08-25T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=444830"},"modified":"2020-08-26T07:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:30:22","slug":"usa-swimmings-12-under-tech-suit-ban-to-go-into-effect-september-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimmings-12-under-tech-suit-ban-to-go-into-effect-september-1\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming’s 12 & Under Tech-Suit Ban to go Into Effect September 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Swimming’s tech-suit ban for 12-and-under athletes will go in effect on September 1, 2020<\/strong> as the decision was voted on two years ago<\/a> at the USAS Convention.<\/p>\n

The board made one amendment to the decision, to allow the use of tech suits to 12-and-younger swimmers who have qualified for the USA Junior National Championships or the National Championships.<\/p>\n

The use of tech suits by younger swimmers has been debated for years<\/a> as coaches and officials worked to figure out what was best for youth athletes.<\/p>\n

A technical racing swimsuit<\/a>, or tech suit, is a specialized swimsuit designed with bonded\/meshed seams or kinetic tape. In simpler terms, tech suits don\u2019t even appear to have seams \u2013 coaches often tell swimmers that if they can pinch the side of their tech suit, it isn\u2019t tight enough.<\/p>\n