Why do we wear swim caps when we swim?

Answer 1

to protect hair, to stop it clogging the filters... they should make pubic caps for those who keep their pubes... gross! what if one fell out and somehow you swallowed it?!! yucky!

Answer 2

Anybody who says that you wear swimming caps to keep your hair from getting wet obviously has never worn one while swimming.

Anyway, some pools require that you wear one so that your hair doesn't come out while you are swimming, thus preventing hair-balls in the pool.
Also, some people wear them for competitive swimming because they cause the water to go smoothly over one's head and not get "tangled" in the hair. This makes a swimmer move quicker through the water, which is a good thing when you are in a race.

Answer 3

Back in the bad old days.... Pool filters were pretty inefficient and tended to clog up. Swim caps were mandatory for people with long hair. Now days pool filters are much more effective and the effects of hair on them are negligible. Caps are still usefull for keeping hair under control and out of one's face, plus they can help keep you a little warmer. Some believe that caps help you swim a little faster in competition but I strongly suspect this is more psychological than physical. Wearing a cap will not usually prevent your hair from getting wet so will not prevent chlorine discoloration.

Answer 4

Contrary to popular belief it IS NOT to keep your hair from getting wet. Those people who said that it was has obviously never swam with one. Swim caps were designed for competitive swimmers to wear so that the amount of drag would minimize and create more efficiency when moving through the water.

Answer 5

For swim team purposes we wear swim caps one to protect our hair partly from getting completely damaged by the chlorine but mostly it is so that we can get rid of most of the drag from the water so we can swim faster

Answer 6

When I was a child, it was mandatory for females to wear swim caps at most pools but not for the males. It was thought their hair would come out and clog the pool's filters. In those days, most males had short hair so this rule didn't apply to them. I'm glad they are largely gone now. Not only were they tight and uncomfortable but also they restricted hearing and they pulled your hair when you put them on or took them off. The caps I recall also had chin straps that dug in and left red marks under your chin and on your neck.

Answer 7

#1-to keep hair from clogging up pool filters
#2-to keep hair out of the swimmers' faces
#3-it lowers 'drag' (resistance) in the water when competitively swimming
#4-it makes it easier to turn your head in the water (especially for girls) when hair isn't cascading down your shoulders
**- if you noticed some guys don't wear caps, usually these guys don't have enough hair to make a difference.
P.S-all you guys being mean to him are wrong...he might not know for his own reasons that doesn't mean he's stupid!

Answer 8

have you ever tried swimming without a cap?
hair slows you down soo much and gets in your face

Answer 9

you could wear them for many reasons
~to keep your hair dry
~to protect your hair from getting damaged
~if your swim in a pool, you could wear them to keep your hair from cloging the drain/ filter
~to make you go faster in a race

Hope this helped!

Answer 10

To keep hair from clogging up the filters.

To protect your hair from the harmful chlorine.

Professional swimmers use them to steamline their body so they can move faster through the water.

Answer 11

to keep your hair out of your face and also the hair creates drag,so the cap will decrease the drag