Swim training with fins / flippers
okenny
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Anyone tried training with flippers / fins?
I need to get into the habit of using my legs more....to improve my body position and to add some propulsion.
Have they helped?
(I mean the small swim training ones that you can buy, not the bigger diving ones)
I need to get into the habit of using my legs more....to improve my body position and to add some propulsion.
Have they helped?
(I mean the small swim training ones that you can buy, not the bigger diving ones)
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I went elsewhere and while I noticed they made you kick more they did not necessarily improve. Best way for me is to use a kickboard and concentrate on kicking without the fins. Usually 100m of kickboard. then 100 - 200m of pullbouy between the legs, the 100m of one arm swimming each arm etc.
these are some of my norm drills.
You may already do this, but just a thought.
But that is a different use to helping you improve your kick.
Compared to most of the guys I swim with of a similar age (in our 40's) I kick much better than them....
Some go backwards!
The difference between kicking well (i.e. being able to move through the water doing kick with a minimum of effort) and struggling (thrashing away and not getting very far at all but expending lots of energy) is I believe very small. That is I look at my lane mates and there seems to be very little difference in what we are doing in the water but the results are extremely different! and I've got small feet too. If it was one easy answer.....
Fins can be a great tool but at the same time it's better if you don't need to rely on them. In the past I've suggested the gradually cutting down of fins.
Echo the post that fins aid you with technique work as you are not having to thrash like mad to propel yourself when concentrating on arm placement etc.
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