There are so many new products on the market, oddly shaped paddles, gloves - I even saw this contraption where you connect a tube from your waste to your ankles so that kicking is more difficult.
I do not think that this equipment is effective - particularily paddles - unless you are a very high lever swimmer and you only use it spottingly. Unfortunately ussage tends to be most common with LOW level swimmers and these swimmers use the equipment far too much durring each workout.
My advice to those returning to the pool is to avoid all of this stuff - it will only lead to injuries.
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I didn't mean to be too hard on the newer swimmers that need fins. My point is that some people put them on all the time so they can keep up (or beat) faster people rather than properly work on their strokes.
A mix of learning strokes with and without fins is going to help more than using fins exclusively, just to make intervals or beat other people in the lane swimming without.
Good luck! :)
I didn't mean to be too hard on the newer swimmers that need fins. My point is that some people put them on all the time so they can keep up (or beat) faster people rather than properly work on their strokes.
A mix of learning strokes with and without fins is going to help more than using fins exclusively, just to make intervals or beat other people in the lane swimming without.
Good luck! :)
