Swim teacher wearing a bikini

fibix

theholyghost wrote: »

Really? What way does it make a difference and would thd layman notice?

You won't loose your pants when you jump into the water, you don't have to fix it, tight the waist string, stays in the place, doesn't restrict your moves, loose shorts will drag behind you when full of water.

As for the ladies, bras can come off, snap, unhook.

There's a lot to think about when learning how to swim, really don't understand why would you add to it with beachwear.

theholyghost

fibix wrote: »

There's a lot to think about when learning how to swim, really don't understand why would you add to it with beachwear.

Im in the pool everyday at the moment getting some lessons and trying to improve my technique not to race just to be better. I wear short above the knee boardshorts. Do you think it matters for me?

fibix

theholyghost, if through your entire time in the pool you don't notice them i.e. don't have to fix them, pull them up, etc. then work away:)

promethius

theholyghost wrote: »

Im in the pool everyday at the moment getting some lessons and trying to improve my technique not to race just to be better. I wear short above the knee boardshorts. Do you think it matters for me?

yes. you're adding unnecessary drag via all the extra loose material, this slows you down which lowers your body position in the water. all that makes improvements more difficult that they should be.

switch to properly fitting swim togs and it will be easier to improve. has your instructor not said this to you?

any pics of this bikini clad teacher btw?

theholyghost

promethius wrote: »

yes. you're adding unnecessary drag via all the extra loose material, this slows you
switch to properly fitting swim togs and it will be easier to improve. has your instructor not said this to you?

Nope but my instructor is more of a a general gym instructor rather than a swimmers swimmer I think.

sbsquarepants

fibix wrote: »

However...
Used to swim competitively in college and the instructors always wore some kind of leggins / shorts / tshirt + flip flops or one piece in water (females), jammers (males).
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What the hell are jammers?

maguic24

sbsquarepants wrote: »

What the hell are jammers?

Pool pyjamas?

Was wondering the exact same thing!!

fibix

Pool pyjamas alright

maguic24

fibix wrote: »

Pool pyjamas alright

Seeing as a lot of men wear only boxers to bed, I'm not too far off the beaten track.

Mint Sauce

Lets hope she doesn't teach him the back stroke.

maguic24 wrote: »

All of my instructors got in the water. I learned to swim as a kid in the 90's. Maybe it's changed since then.

My instructor (in the late 80's) got in the water as well. As did most good instructors that I knew. Although I never remembered her wearing a bikini.

maguic24

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Lets hope she doesn't teach him the back stroke.



My instructor (in the late 80's) got in the water as well. As did most good instructors that I knew. Although I never remembered her wearing a bikini.

Well, if I'm being honest, all my female instructors wore onesies and I'm a onesie girl myself.

Tried the whole bikini thing and it just didn't work out. Jumped into a pool on holidays and lost the bottom half....:o

dublinbhoy88

what if she wore a mankini,that would be nice

Meepin

caira wrote: »

My 15 year old son is having one to one swimming lessons at a local pool every sunday, When I went to pick him up early yesterday I was surprised to see that his teacher was wearing a bikini. Do you think this is appropriate for a swimming teacher ?

Maybe tell your son not to stare at the lady then? What gives him the right to stare at her? (assuming this is why you are posting this)
Also why should she cover up?

It's a bikini, he's learning to swim, shes doing her job. God forbid a lady swimming teacher wears a ladies swimming outfit.

enfant terrible

Since we copy everything the Scandinavians do and I fully support women's rights I hope this comes in here

http://www.thelocal.se/20250/20090624/

Women in Malmö have been given the right to bathe topless in the swimming pools of Sweden's third largest city.

The city's sports and recreation committee voted on Wednesday against a motion entitled: "Women with two-piece swimsuits ought to wear a top piece".

The committee eventually settled on the wording that "everybody should wear bathing suits" at Malmö pools but there is no requirement for women to cover their breasts.

The city considered a vote to be necessary after several visits by the feminist Bara Bröst (Just Breasts/Bare Breasts) network to Malmö's pools met with widely varying reactions.

The breast issue has proved divisive, with political wranglings leading to the question being struck off the agenda at an earlier meeting in April.

These political cleavages remained on view right up until Wednesday's meetings with disagreements on both the left and right sides.

But eventually the committee overcame its misgivings and the final decision was unanimous.

“I’m satisfied with the decision,” Bengt Forsberg, chair of the sports and recreation committee on recreation, told The Local.

“Everyone is required to have a swimsuit when visiting the city’s indoor pools and if it doesn’t cover the upper body, that’s OK too.”

According to Forsberg, some on the council had lobbied for wording which would have required women to keep their nipples covered, but Forsberg explained that attempting to enforce such a rule would have been too complicated.

"We don't define what bathing suits men should wear so it doesn't make much sense to do it for women. And besides, it's not unusual for men to have large breasts that resemble women's breasts," he said.

The Social Democrat politician feels the entire issue has been overblown.

“This is really not that big a problem,” he said.

“But women from the Bara Bröst network pushed the issue.

“It’s not really the way I would have wanted it, but you don’t always get what you want in life.”

The Bara Bröst network swept to prominence in late 2007 after two bare-breasted young women were called ashore by a lifeguard at a swimming pool in Uppsala. When they refused to cover up, they were asked to leave the premises.

Speaking to The Local at the time, Ragnhild Karlsson, 22, explained the womens' motives for swimming without bikini tops.

"It's a question of equality. I think it's a problem that women are sexualized in this way. If women are forced to wear a top, shouldn't men also have to?"

Outraged by what they regarded as discrimination, a group of women in southern Sweden made a show of solidarity by establishing the network, whose name translates as both "bare breasts" and "just breasts".

Ham Sambo

Forgive me for laughing but what would you expect his 'swimming teacher' to wear??..ehh his 'swimming teacher' is female right??

Mermaria

caira wrote: »

Do you think this is appropriate for a swimming teacher ?

Yepa, more over this summer. You're thinking on body but not what actually is to work in an indoor pool, without air-conditioner, wearing the regular ladies swimsuit. Lycra makes you sweat lots!

After reading this thread, I'd be much concern about the influence on your son of some men rather than a teacher on bikini. Your son shouldn't see anything wrong on it unless some adult teach him to see a swimmer on bikini/topless is a dirty thing.

About bikinis and swimming, yepa bikinis are common and there's a specific bikini for competition/training (only available on-line in Ireland)

On other hand, why haven't you been during the lessons?

When I was small my mother was always at the pool, 6 days per week. When we're changing, it's the time of chats with teachers and coaches, to know them and discuss the next steps ... and in your case to know why an indoor swimming teacher is wearing a bikini during the hottest summer on records in Ireland ... outdoor teacher is simply for the tan :rolleyes:

amdublin

Well, there's beach bikinis and sports bikinis (what I'd call a two piece)

Like it's up to her if she wants to wear a beach bikini but as a swimming teacher myself I can't imagine she feels comfortable...personally speaking i'd be afraid of popping out

Please describe bikini.

Mermaria

amdublin wrote: »

...personally speaking i'd be afraid of popping out

Please describe bikini.

I've never had such trouble in ... many many years and in rough seas ... you only might have troubles doing body surf (top) or dive in (bottom)