Fins

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." I mostly agree with Calvin. And like Calvin, I use only long blade fairly stiff fins. I think shorter fins would be better for freestyle, but I don't really train free. I spend a lot of time underwater dolphin kicking in fly and back so prefer the long fins for swimming those strokes and for ***. Long fins are definitely the way to go for kick sets. And monofins are fantastic! I don't use them to swim fly and hence am not a "monofin swimmer" as Joshua commented. I use the Finis Shooter MF exclusively for dolphin kicking. And, trust me, you don't just become a "monofin kicker." They build swim specific leg and core strength and help perfect streamlines. I would definitely not be as good a kicker without my use of fins and the MF.

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." I mostly agree with Calvin. And like Calvin, I use only long blade fairly stiff fins. I think shorter fins would be better for freestyle, but I don't really train free. I spend a lot of time underwater dolphin kicking in fly and back so prefer the long fins for swimming those strokes and for ***. Long fins are definitely the way to go for kick sets. And monofins are fantastic! I don't use them to swim fly and hence am not a "monofin swimmer" as Joshua commented. I use the Finis Shooter MF exclusively for dolphin kicking. And, trust me, you don't just become a "monofin kicker." They build swim specific leg and core strength and help perfect streamlines. I would definitely not be as good a kicker without my use of fins and the MF.