Back قبعة سباحة Arabic Плувна шапка Bulgarian Casquet de bany Catalan Plavecká čepice Czech Badekappe German Banĉapo Esperanto Gorro de natación Spanish Igeriketa-txano Basque کلاه شنا Persian Uimalakki Finnish

Swim cap

A competitive style swim cap in use

A swimming cap, swim cap or bathing cap, is a tightly fitted, skin-tight garment, commonly made from silicone, latex or lycra, worn on the head by recreational and competitive swimmers.[1]

Swim caps are worn for various reasons: they can be worn to keep hair out of the swimmer's face, reduce drag, protect hair from chlorine or sun damage, keep hair dry, keep the head warm, or (sometimes in combination with earplugs) to keep water out of the ears.[2][3][4][5] Caps can also be worn to identify skill level in swimming lessons.

  1. ^ Gatta, Giorgio; Zamparo, Paola; Cortesi, Matteo (October 2013). "Effect of Swim Cap Model on Passive Drag". The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 27 (10): 2904–2908. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e318280cc3a. ISSN 1064-8011. PMID 23287832. S2CID 2443547.
  2. ^ Lee, B. W., Lee, B. J., Wong, P.C. (May 2017). "Effect of Swim Cap on Heart Rate of Competitive High School Swimmers" (PDF). Harvard-Westlake Journal of Science (11): 28–31 – via PDF.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Marinho, Daniel A.; Mantha, Vishveshwar R.; Rouboa, Abel I.; VilasBoas, João P.; Machado, Leandro; Barbosa, Tiago M.; Silva, António J. (2011). "The Effect of Wearing a Cap on the Swimmer Passive Drag". ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. ISSN 1999-4168.
  4. ^ Gatta, Giorgio; Cortesi, Matteo; Zamparo, Paola (November 2015). "Effect of Swim Cap Surface Roughness on Passive Drag". The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 29 (11): 3253–3259. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000000975. ISSN 1064-8011. PMID 25932985. S2CID 207498675.
  5. ^ Eginli, Ariana; McMichael, Amy (September 2015). "Summer Break: Hair Breakage Following the Summer Season". The Dermatologist – via HMP Global.

Developed by StudentB