Hi there, new-ish swimmers!
My name is Barb and I was a lurker. Then I registered and lurked some more. I heard all sorts of terms (long-axis/short-axis, SDKs, slippage - to name a few) that the more seasoned swimmers were tossing around and had no clue what they referred to, much less meant. I was a little shy about asking for clarification on some basic issues within a thread where something was being discussed or debated.
I would like to create a space here for swimmers who are either new-ish to swimming, fitness swimming, or maybe competitive swimming to ask basic questions, the ones you're embarrassed to ask. If you don't want to ask them yourself, register and send me a private message, and I'll ask it for you.
I don't have the answers, but many of the posters here have been and are helpful and supportive of me and probably will be the same for you.
The short fins are probably zoomers they come in blue and red. The blue ones are a bit more flexible than the red. They are supposed to help build muscles strength. They can also help people with wonky shoulders because they make your legs more effective and efficient and therefore take stress off of your shoulders. I use Zoomers on rare occassions but generally am anti-fin.
In my opinion the longer the fin the less work you do and the faster you go. When you put long fins on you just zip what feels like effortlessly to the otherside of the pool. I see no purpose for them other than scuba diving.
Monofins are all the rage on here too (or is that just because my beloved FAF sistah loves hers?).
My beef with fins is that people that love them tend to overuse them and become dependent. I tend to think that you should do about 75% (or more) of your practices the way you'll swim at a meet or in a tri. In other words sans equipment.
The short fins are probably zoomers they come in blue and red. The blue ones are a bit more flexible than the red. They are supposed to help build muscles strength. They can also help people with wonky shoulders because they make your legs more effective and efficient and therefore take stress off of your shoulders. I use Zoomers on rare occassions but generally am anti-fin.
In my opinion the longer the fin the less work you do and the faster you go. When you put long fins on you just zip what feels like effortlessly to the otherside of the pool. I see no purpose for them other than scuba diving.
Monofins are all the rage on here too (or is that just because my beloved FAF sistah loves hers?).
My beef with fins is that people that love them tend to overuse them and become dependent. I tend to think that you should do about 75% (or more) of your practices the way you'll swim at a meet or in a tri. In other words sans equipment.
