Why are competition swimming suits so tight?

Answer 1

If you are talking about regular speedo's.. the idea is that if you dont have fabric hanging out, you'll reduce your drag.. counter example.. a drag suit.. loose suit, more drag

If you are talkin about a Fast skin ( the tights, or full body ) they are designed to compress your muscles to optimize their performance.. dont ask me why it works.. but I know that when your muscles are compressed they lose less energy to vibration and last longer. but still they also make them tight so youre not dragging fabric around

Answer 2

Super skin-tight suits reduce the amount of resistance (drag) moving through the water. Less drag means faster swimming.

Answer 3

It is to avoid drag. Water getting in between your suit and your body slows you down. The tight suit helps you move in the water faster.

Answer 4

Because it creates less drag in the water, and drag creates water resistance which slows you down. So the tighter the suit the faster you go

Answer 5

To lessen the drag, caused by the friction of the water, they allow you to move a little easier through the water.

Answer 6

Reduces the drag and resistance and helps the swimmer go faster.

They are usually one size too small.

Answer 7

To reduce drag. Olympic athletes sometimes shave their heads, legs, arms, anything to reduce drag.

Answer 8

so they won't drag or have resistance when youre swimming. in other words it makes you faster.

Answer 9

reduce drag and thus make swimmer more efficient in the water

Answer 10

so it won't drag....that's why some swimmers shave their hair off or cut it really short...dragging can make a big difference