Can someone please tell me what the benefits are of wearing a swimming cap?

Question

Can someone please tell me what the benefits are of wearing a swimming cap?

Answer 1

help you swim better and if you love your hair help so it won't make all gross and green thats only thing i can think of

Answer 2

Swim caps prevent drag in the water thus making you faster. It keeps you hair out of you eyes and from slowing you down. And It prevents chlorine damage to your hair.

Answer 3

In the Olympics, the swimming caps worn by both women and men are just something to make the body as smooth as possible so they can swim as fast as possible.  In general life, a swimming cap keeps the hair covered and out of the drains, where it can cause clogging and cause the pool to get 'sour' ...  

Answer 4

the water can can damage your hair, get in your way, or make you swim slower.

Answer 5

it saves your hair from turning blond and then green. also it keeps it from feeling like hay. also it helps so there isn't dragage and so you can see

Answer 6

Hair doesn't cover your face when you bring it out of the water to breathe...

Answer 7

no hair in your face!

Answer 8

the chlorine wont damage ur hair

Answer 9

When you are a guy, and you have either long or short hair it keeps you hair from grabbing onto the water... same if you are a women... but also when you are a women, it keeps you hair out of your face!

Answer 10

your hair doesn't clog up the pool aka you don't have to take it all out later ... eww plus it's juss kinda nasty to see hair like floating around >< (not that i wear one heh heh =p)

Answer 11

your hair causes resistance when swimming fast in the water.

the swim caps makes you more aerodynamic in the water.

Answer 12

Other than making you more aerodynamic, it really doesn't do anything other than keeping your hair out of your face. It doesn't keep it dry or anything, so unless you're a competitive swimmer, I would say don't bother.

Answer 13

keeps your hair from getting stuck in a vent lol :P

Answer 14

Less drag in the water. It keeps your hair from turning green when your in the water a long time. and it keeps your goggles from pulling you hair when you take them off.

Answer 15

I am a swimmer and theer are a few reasons that I wear a swimcap.  It reduces drag, therefore making you faster, first off. Second, it keeps your hair out of your eyes so it doesn't get in your way. The final reason you should wear one is that chlorine can damage your hair with split ends and dryness, and wearing a cap usually keeps most of the water out. i hope that this answered your question! :)

Answer 16

chlorine is damaging to hair, less friction in water, keeps hair out of your face.

good benefits

Answer 17

I guess it makes them faster?

Cause most swimmers save most of their hair off...

So a swimming cap is the closest to being bald.lol

Answer 18

It allows you to swim faster because your hair causes resistance. It also keeps your hair from having to much exposure to chlorine so your hair doesn't become damaged.

Answer 19

one u should wear one because that reduces drag. two  it prevents the hair from getting in ur face. three u don't have to worry about cholrine damage.

Answer 20

Besides the drag I think it has hygienic purposes so the pool filters would stay cleaner