I like to swim with fins some days, I have the zoomers and some regular fins. I notice when I swim finless that I feel slow as a snail.If I have been using the fins for a couple of days. I know some swimmers that only use fins as thats the only way they have been able to learn, to them I say great what ever works for exercise but have noted to them that they should at least be able to swim finless to get out of the pool for safety if they fell into water anywhere.
I will be the first to admit that I love my fins. :bouncing: That being said, my kicking without fins has improved dramatically (mostly through fin-aided kick sets) than when I first started swimming about 1 1/2 years ago. I saw another great improvement in my kicking without fins ability (distance and speed) when I switched from long fins to short fins.
One of the best uses of fins for me, however, had nothing to do with my kicking per se. When I started swimming, I had never done a flip turn and just couldn't get the hang of them - at all (really, really ugly turns). While my coach tried - and tried - to explain how a flip turn works, it wasn't until another swimmer suggested putting on my fins to generate speed going into the wall that the entire process began to make sense to me. Now, I can flip turn with the best of them (well, maybe not the best, but my turns aren't a hindrance to my races anymore). :banana: I needed to generate a speed that I wasn't capable - at that point - of generating on my own in order to feel what a flip turns should be like. Call fins toys, call them training aids - either way, they can be a great help.
I will be the first to admit that I love my fins. :bouncing: That being said, my kicking without fins has improved dramatically (mostly through fin-aided kick sets) than when I first started swimming about 1 1/2 years ago. I saw another great improvement in my kicking without fins ability (distance and speed) when I switched from long fins to short fins.
One of the best uses of fins for me, however, had nothing to do with my kicking per se. When I started swimming, I had never done a flip turn and just couldn't get the hang of them - at all (really, really ugly turns). While my coach tried - and tried - to explain how a flip turn works, it wasn't until another swimmer suggested putting on my fins to generate speed going into the wall that the entire process began to make sense to me. Now, I can flip turn with the best of them (well, maybe not the best, but my turns aren't a hindrance to my races anymore). :banana: I needed to generate a speed that I wasn't capable - at that point - of generating on my own in order to feel what a flip turns should be like. Call fins toys, call them training aids - either way, they can be a great help.
