I have a pretty good kick in freestyle but would like to improve on it. I devote about 30% of every session to kick work with fins. I would like to hear fin recommendations - specifically: long, medium or short? what brand? fins that float or not?
I feel the fins greatly improve my ankle flexibility and kicking technique.
My opinion: for KICKING sets with fins, I think long fins or a monofin (talk to Fortress about that one) are best. And even more specific, for LONGER kick sets, long fins over the monofin (I tend to only use it when I am doing 25s or 50s but no longer than that). Short fins, or "zoomers" as my club team used to call them, are better for swimming sets which call for fins. Nowadays, I don't even take my own advice and use strictly long fins, but that is because I threw out my zoomers in college because I hated them so much and haven't bothered buying a new pair. Zoomers versus long fins will change which muscles in the legs are getting worked harder. In the end though, do whatever is more comfortable. I know people who hate long fins as much as I hate short fins, considering them "unwieldy."
My opinion: for KICKING sets with fins, I think long fins or a monofin (talk to Fortress about that one) are best. And even more specific, for LONGER kick sets, long fins over the monofin (I tend to only use it when I am doing 25s or 50s but no longer than that). Short fins, or "zoomers" as my club team used to call them, are better for swimming sets which call for fins. Nowadays, I don't even take my own advice and use strictly long fins, but that is because I threw out my zoomers in college because I hated them so much and haven't bothered buying a new pair. Zoomers versus long fins will change which muscles in the legs are getting worked harder. In the end though, do whatever is more comfortable. I know people who hate long fins as much as I hate short fins, considering them "unwieldy."
