Which swim toys, if any, are you currently using at least semi-regularly. Feel free to elaborate on why and when you use them! You can make as many choices as you like.
I forget to add breaststroke fins. You can just note if you are. I have just started kicking once in awhile with them. I aspire to learn the snorkle, but haven't gotten around to that yet. I also can't keep my nose clip on. Hoping to get the hang of it this winter to avoid sinus infections.
I also don't consider earplugs to be a "toy". That's like saying goggles are "toys". I don't think that logic extends to noseplugs, however, since good swimming technique (learning how to breath out while your head is submerged and otherwise pressurize your nose) should obviate the need for a noseplug. Noseplugs make it easier to swim (theoretically) and are a crutch. Earplugs are not.
It's quite apparent that I know that nose clips and earplugs are not toys. I don't need a lecture, and I'm not an idiot. :mooning: I just ran out of ideas and tried to be funny by listing other things one might wear in the water. Nose clips are not a "crutch," however, for people with chronic sinus infections from swimming. They might be the only thing that keeps them in the water.
While not "quite obvious" to me that you were joking about including earplugs and nose clips in your list of toys, it SHOULD HAVE been quite obvious to me that you may need a nose clip for sinus infections, as you said in your initial post and I missed. It looks like you're as sensitive about nose clips as I am about ear plugs and I certainly didn't mean to offend by saying that I generally view them as a crutch. For people who get chronic sinus infections (much like people who get chronic ear infections), they're not a crutch. But they CAN BE, which should have been my point.
My bad offending you! :blush:
I also don't consider earplugs to be a "toy". That's like saying goggles are "toys". I don't think that logic extends to noseplugs, however, since good swimming technique (learning how to breath out while your head is submerged and otherwise pressurize your nose) should obviate the need for a noseplug. Noseplugs make it easier to swim (theoretically) and are a crutch. Earplugs are not.
It's quite apparent that I know that nose clips and earplugs are not toys. I don't need a lecture, and I'm not an idiot. :mooning: I just ran out of ideas and tried to be funny by listing other things one might wear in the water. Nose clips are not a "crutch," however, for people with chronic sinus infections from swimming. They might be the only thing that keeps them in the water.
While not "quite obvious" to me that you were joking about including earplugs and nose clips in your list of toys, it SHOULD HAVE been quite obvious to me that you may need a nose clip for sinus infections, as you said in your initial post and I missed. It looks like you're as sensitive about nose clips as I am about ear plugs and I certainly didn't mean to offend by saying that I generally view them as a crutch. For people who get chronic sinus infections (much like people who get chronic ear infections), they're not a crutch. But they CAN BE, which should have been my point.
My bad offending you! :blush:
