High school PE - speedos not allowed!

[frankjath]

Brings back memories of my HS gym swim classes - none of them particularly good. First of all I had PE first period, so it was usually cold and the pool, while heated of course, was outdoors. Secondly, the school supplied the only "swim suits" allowed for PE swim class. They were a faded yellow sort of "semi brief" style suit made of the same material that sweat pants are made of. They were sloppy and baggy and if it weren't for the draw string, mine wouldn't even stay up when it was totally dry. When they got wet and you climbed out of the pool, it felt like you were wearing a sopping wet bath towel rather than a swim suit. Awful! I finally connived my way out of having to finish the miserable class, using a rash I developed as my excuse, and later took swim lessons at the local YMCA. MUCH better! First of all the instructor, rather than being a pot bellied middle aged duffer who stood at the edge of the pool wearing slacks and a jacket and barking orders, was a cute young college girl - probably in about her senior year - who wore a swimsuit and actually got into the water to demonstrate what she was teaching and to assist the students in learning what she was teaching. She was an excellent teacher. And she advised the boys in the class (it was co-ed) that they should wear speedo style suits if they wanted to really learn to swim well and get the most out of the class, particularly the advanced racing maneuvers and strokes. Most of the boys took her advise, though in my case it wasn't necessary since I showed up wearing a speedo on the first day. Thanks to her outstanding instruction and my strong desire to learn and practice, I became an excellent swimmer.

Sorry you had to go through that P.E class. Its great you found a way out of it. Its nice you found a good instructor at the YMCA as well. I'm glad your instructor encouraged that the guys wear speedos as its so much more practical for swimming. I've never taken swimming classes as I've always been a natural swimmer, sadly most of the guy instructors I see, are wearing long baggy boardshorts and and so are the rest of the guys. Even most of the new ads from and videos from the "Speedo" brand show guys training for swimming companions in shorts.

[...:::sam:::...]

At school our swimming uniform was speedos, and if we werent in the school speedos then we were sent.

[swimsharkau]

My highschool in Aus had the option of Speedos or very short footy style shorts for carnivals. Most boys wore speedos, and lots of guys would just wander around in them for the entire time.

During PE classes at the pool most guys would wear shorts of various lengths in the school colours if we were just messing around, nothing below the knee though. If we were doing lap swimming or time trials then lots of guys would pull off their shorts and had speedos underneath.

I'm in my 20s so this wasn't that long ago..