I saw a swim team swimming with these resistance devices the other day, kind of like parachutes. I figure they are probably good to help with strength, but it seems that they might also force you to improve technique to move at a reasonable pace. Anyone have experience with these things?
Chris....fly speed work with hydro fins and Hans paddles, great stuff!!
Thanks for the suggestion, I may try that some day. I am a good kicker without fins and an awful kicker with fins. Plus they hurt my ankles, and I can't get the timing down with fly. (But I don't know what "hydro fins" are.)
My main goal in using the chute is strength training and although I don't like it for fly, I think that doing it free with paddles -- with snorkel on I use very little rotation, just brute strength forward, focusing on an early catch -- benefits fly power as well, so I don't worry about it too much.
Chris....fly speed work with hydro fins and Hans paddles, great stuff!!
Thanks for the suggestion, I may try that some day. I am a good kicker without fins and an awful kicker with fins. Plus they hurt my ankles, and I can't get the timing down with fly. (But I don't know what "hydro fins" are.)
My main goal in using the chute is strength training and although I don't like it for fly, I think that doing it free with paddles -- with snorkel on I use very little rotation, just brute strength forward, focusing on an early catch -- benefits fly power as well, so I don't worry about it too much.
