I was looking at monofins today and came across the Finis Foil (which is inexpensive enough to just give it a try). The thing is - the advert talks about "The Foil Body Motion" as taught by Bob Gillette. I cant seem to find any reference to this technique outside of the sales materials for the monofin. Is this a real thing or merely sales propaganda? If real, can anyone point me to training or other reference materials?
Bill
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I am not a coach and I have not done much research on this (yet) but it seems to be less than efficient to practice kicking either on your back or on your side if your primary goal is improving butterfly. I do find that while simply kicking with a kickboard (face down) that my down kick is propulsive while the upward kick is not. With respect to the design of the foil monofin, I'm a bit concerned that it does not present a much bigger resistive surface than my Speedo standard fins. Perhaps the coupling is a key point although I do not find that my feet separate much while dolphin kicking with my standard fins.
I am not a coach and I have not done much research on this (yet) but it seems to be less than efficient to practice kicking either on your back or on your side if your primary goal is improving butterfly. I do find that while simply kicking with a kickboard (face down) that my down kick is propulsive while the upward kick is not. With respect to the design of the foil monofin, I'm a bit concerned that it does not present a much bigger resistive surface than my Speedo standard fins. Perhaps the coupling is a key point although I do not find that my feet separate much while dolphin kicking with my standard fins.
