<p>I kinda like guys in skirts
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<p>D started playing volleyball in 7th grade. 8th grade started 5 years of school and club play, she currently plays club & intermurals in college and ALSO on a non-school related sand team. </p>
<p>She definitely favors the very short mizuno spandex shorts (in vball we call these “tights”) that are low cut in the front. It’s all about freedom of movement and comfort. In addition, uniforms that interfere with the net cause penalties and lost points.</p>
<p>The long sleeved Under Armor shirts became popular as she was graduating. I don’t think she’d like those anyway. Prefers uniform tops to be feminine-cut, fitted, and t-backed.</p>
<p>My D HATED the shorts she had to wear for volleyball. To say that “the girls like them” may be true for some girls, but certainly not for all. D was in great shape, but she didn’t much care to show off her rear (she did have one, which was certainly obvious in those little spandex things they termed shorts). They didn’t ride up, because they already WERE “up.” She doesn’t miss them at all.</p>
<p>Frankly, I have to agree with the sexualization remark above. </p>
<p>Don’t even get me started on the outfits the dance teams wear … or the overtly sexual “dances” they do in front of scores of hormonal teen boys. A gym or football field is NOT a dance recital hall.</p>
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<p>I think a lesson in male anatomy might be helpful.</p>
<p>They can rein it in, if you know what I mean! :)</p>
<p>Yes, take a look at the European boys andmen at pools and beaches-- it is all there, covered in a wisp of fabric. There is quite a difference in what is culturally acceptable compared to this country. </p>
<p>Interesting, even with topless female sunbathers and thonged males, the teen pregnancy rates are drastically lower in Europe than here.</p>
<p>Can the young men here even remember when American males wore speedos (eentsy ones) to pool and beach?</p>
<p>I can’t imagine that the spandex shorts are all that comfortable, since every girl I see wearing them is tugging and pulling the legs down ALL THE TIME. I suppose the ones that look like briefs wouldn’t have that problem. I really don’t like them, and I think there must be better choices.</p>
<p>For track and cross country, our school has fairly baggy shorts, and all the kids wear spandex underneath to keep themselves covered when the shorts flap around.</p>
<p>Don’t even get me started on the outfits the dance teams wear … or the overtly sexual “dances” they do in front of scores of hormonal teen boys. A gym or football field is NOT a dance recital hall.</p>
<p>Our private dance studio is on the modest end of the spectrum (costumes can still be pretty revealing, but no sexual dances.) The first time I went to “nationals” with lots of other studios, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I always say that if teenaged boys ever discovered dance competitions, there would be no room for the parents. Last year, there was a heavy “■■■■■ Cat Dolls” (burlesque) influence on so many of the high school girls’ dances (not our company.) I always wonder what those girls’ daddies think of their little girl up there…during some of those dances, I expect guys to run up and give them ones and fives!</p>
<p>To be fair, I don’t think the vball spandex is sexualizing – they truly do work well for the sport. When I look at the girls, I see athletes, not sexy women.
Now why some of the girls wear a pound of makeup to play, I’ll never know.</p>
<p>Looks like the male Olympic volleyball players (thanks for the photo earlier in the thread) wear spandex shorts with another pair of short over the spandex.</p>
<p>Can we talk about bike riding uniforms here?!! Lance Armstrong may look good in them, but I don’t. I wear the padded spandex shorts and wear another pair of shorts over the spandex.</p>
<p>Definitely agree with the cross country shorts - at this point in the season the skimpiness is not the ONLY problem! It is cold enough here now that girls are starting to envy the competitor in the league that for religious reasons has to run fully covered (wonder how she does it in the heat?). Our HS team does not wear the skimpy shorts - D has actually asked potential college coaches that use them if she could wear regular shorts while competing, she refuses to wear the skimpy shorts…</p>
<p>Okay. I have played volleyball for 7 years and have moved from school to school. I’ve been to schools where the volleyball uniforms look more like soccer uniforms and schools who have spandex. Do you realize that even if your uniform touches the net you get a net violation? The uniforms aren’t to sexualize the girls. It’s to provide a uniform that has full range of motion. Well lets the girls have a full range of motion. As for the bike shorts, I wear longer spandex under my basketball shorts and those ride up more than my shorter ones for volleyball. I love the uniforms we wear for volleyball, and I’m a heavier set girl.</p>
<p>Interesting though that if you look at NBA uniforms from the 70s/80s, the men were wearing the shortest of tight shorts, while today they wear baggy shorts down to their knees. No complaints about range of motion issues.</p>
<p>Re: #33</p>
<p>But is it a foul in basketball if your shorts touch the net?</p>
<p>My son started wrestling as a freshman and at first was put off by the singlet. Got over it quickly. It works for wrestling. The guys modified as necessary. His school didn’t allow tattoos so one kid wore a tshirt under his singlet so his upper arm was covered. Some guys wore underarmor type stuff underneath the singlet that covered their leg partway. My son always just stuck with the basic singlet.</p>
<p>I started playing volleyball in 5th grade at a Catholic school. We didn’t start wearing spandex until 7th grade since most of the girls on the team were playing on club teams. I didn’t mind them and at times they certainly were comfortable but I didn’t like how it fit to my shape. I have a bigger bottom so for me spandex didn’t look so good. Wearing spandex allows for players to move freely, it was great when you had to get very low to the ground. We also practiced in spandex although some girls choose to wear basketball, or soccer type shorts.</p>
<p>I knew that there was going to be boys going solely to look at the players bottoms. Once the tighter fitted shirts started becoming the popular choice it gave boys another place to look. I wasn’t playing at this time but I would’ve been extremely self conscious as I also have bigger top. I now have a relative playing who was self conscious at first, but she understands why spandex was chosen for the shorts. The only time she didn’t like it was when the older players (varsity members) were instructing her on what to wear underneath the spandex.</p>
<p>One good thing about spandex shorts was wearing them skirts, or dresses when I was self conscious about those too.</p>
<p>Just so you know, this post is over 4 years old.</p>