1. Swimmers somehow tend to be very competitive
2. Younger, less competitive swimmers are usually very interested in making improvements to swim faster and be more competitive
3. At swim meats in which several schools compete the big question is what are the best swimmers on the best teams doing differently from the slower swimmers and teams
4. If the slower swimmers and most of the weaker teams are all wearing jammers, there are implications for that.
5. If the strongest swimmers on the very best team are all in swim briefs, there are implications for that as well
6. "If these big strong guys are absolutely OK with wearing a brief at a public meet, maybe I can get my head around the same idea"
7. Coach has a team requirement that the swimmers wear either jammers or briefs bearing the school colors but its up to the individual swimmer as to which
8. Some of the big, strong swimmers on the team may wear jammers for practice and squad contests, but then switch to briefs when participating in an event involving other schools
9. part of this is also about gaining a psychological edge by wearing the brief if the guys wearing jammers start to believe they will be slower because the jammer is somehow restricting movement.
the photos you see above shows several teams strong and not so strong that are in the middle of sorting this all out.