Editing Swim cap (section)

{{Short description|Cap worn while swimming or bathing}}
[[File:Oussama Mellouli 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oussama Mellouli]] wearing a competitive style swim cap]]
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 Swimwear|competitive swimmers]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gatta|first1=Giorgio|last2=Zamparo|first2=Paola|last3=Cortesi|first3=Matteo|date=October 2013|title=Effect of Swim Cap Model on Passive Drag|url=https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2013/10000/Effect_of_Swim_Cap_Model_on_Passive_Drag.35.aspx|journal=The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research|language=en-US|volume=27|issue=10|pages=2904–2908|doi=10.1519/JSC.0b013e318280cc3a|pmid=23287832 |s2cid=2443547 |issn=1064-8011}}</ref>

Swim [[cap]]s 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lee, B. W., Lee, B. J., Wong, P.C.|date=May 2017|title=Effect of Swim Cap on Heart Rate of Competitive High School Swimmers|url=https://www.hw.com/Portals/1/ISSSM/2017SwimCapEffectonHeartRateofCompetitiveHighSchoolSwimmer.pdf|journal=Harvard-Westlake Journal of Science|issue=11|pages=28–31|via=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Marinho|first1=Daniel A.|last2=Mantha|first2=Vishveshwar R.|last3=Rouboa|first3=Abel I.|last4=VilasBoas|first4=João P.|last5=Machado|first5=Leandro|last6=Barbosa|first6=Tiago M.|last7=Silva|first7=António J.|date=2011|title=The Effect of Wearing a Cap on the Swimmer Passive Drag|url=https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/4837|journal=ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive|language=en|issn=1999-4168}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gatta|first1=Giorgio|last2=Cortesi|first2=Matteo|last3=Zamparo|first3=Paola|date=November 2015|title=Effect of Swim Cap Surface Roughness on Passive Drag|url=https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2015/11000/Effect_of_Swim_Cap_Surface_Roughness_on_Passive.34.aspx|journal=The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research|language=en-US|volume=29|issue=11|pages=3253–3259|doi=10.1519/JSC.0000000000000975|pmid=25932985 |s2cid=207498675 |issn=1064-8011|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Summer Break: Hair Breakage Following the Summer Season|url=https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/thederm/issue-content/summer-break-hair-breakage-following-summer-season|journal=The Dermatologist|first1=Ariana|last1=Eginli|first2=Amy|last2=McMichael|date=September 2015|via=HMP Global}}</ref> Caps can also be worn to identify skill level in swimming lessons.