Some of the advantages of wearing a swim cap include helping to keep pool water off your hair, keeping your face clean while swimming, and decreasing resistance as you swim.It's a good idea to keep your hair out of the pool filters.Swim caps can be difficult to put on.You can put on your swim cap with a few easy tips.
Step 1: Tie your hair back.
If you have long hair, use a hair tie to put your hair in a ponytail or bun.If your hair is tied firmly, it will be secure.The swim cap may cause your hair to shift and pull it down, so you may want to tie it a little higher than you would expect.
Step 2: Water from the bathroom or change-rooms can be used to wet your hair.
You can run your hair under a shower or dunk your head in the water.It's easier to put the cap material over your hair if youtting it.Caps pull dry hair strands.You can coat your hair with a thin layer of conditioner.It will be easier to put the cap on.
Step 3: The swim cap should be opened.
If you want to wet the inside of the cap, open it with your hands.Some people have found that the inside of the cap makes it easier to put on.With your two hands, hold the sides of the swim cap.It depends on the type of cap used.
Step 4: Put the swim cap on your head.
Put the front of the swim cap at your forehead when you tilt your head down.If you want to cover the rest of your head, you should allow the swim cap to catch at your forehead and use your hands to pull the cap down.
Step 5: The swim cap should be adjusted.
Make any necessary adjustments after the swim cap is on your head.The front of the cap should be moved to cover your hair but not over your eyebrows.Put the cap around your ears.Put on your goggles and pull the back of the cap to make sure it is secure.Personal preference determines the location of the cap near your ears.If they are racing, some people like to cover their ears with a cap.Some people like to cover half of their ears, while others don't.
Step 6: Put your hair back in a ponytail.
If you have long hair, use a hair tie to pull it back and secure it in a bun.If your hair is tied up tight and high, the swim cap will not move it.
Step 7: Wet your hair.
Before putting on your cap, dip your head in the pool or under the shower.Since the cap material tends to stick to and pull on dry hair, wet your hair may make it easier to put on.
Step 8: Put on a swim cap.
A friend can help you put on your swim cap.Open the swim cap with your hands and tilt your head.While your friend stretches the swim cap over to the back of your head, hold the front of the cap securely at your forehead.
Step 9: As needed, make adjustments.
Make any necessary adjustments after the cap is on your head.Tuck in any loose hairs when you adjust the positioning of the cap on your forehead.You can position the cap around your ears in a variety of ways.You can cover a portion of your ears or leave them out.
Step 10: Tie your hair back.
If you have long hair, tie it back in a ponytail or bun.If you put your hair on the swim cap, it may shift.
Step 11: The cap should be filled with water.
A friend can fill the swim cap with water by turning it inside out.You can either fill the water from the pool or scoop it up.The water inside the cap should be held on the sides by your friend.
Step 12: The swim cap should be dropped.
Stand on the ground and have your friend hold the swim cap over your head.To give the drop added height, your friend can hold the swim cap near her face or even higher.If you have your friend let go of the swim cap evenly, it will fall on your head.The weight of the water will cause the cap to fall on your head when the drop is fast.The method doesn't always work on the first try, and the results can be rather inconsistent.Adjustments are necessary more often than not.
Step 13: The swim cap should be adjusted.
Make sure the swim cap is adjusted.Tuck in any stray hairs and position the cap around your ears.