Paddles! Hooah! What are they good for?

I got shoulder problems from my first (conventional) pair of paddles. Now I have a pair that are shaped like the hull of a boat and sort of work the opposite way to the conventional flat ones - slippery. They actually do seem to improve my catch, mainly because I'm forced to keep my hand relaxed and anchor my whole forearm. (The difference is apparent when I take them off - my hands feel bigger, similar to the Fistglove effect. NAYY.) I don't use them very often - they weigh a ton and I have a fear of whacking a lane mate on the head with them and putting him or her into a coma. I have some light weight "PT" paddles that are like plastic pebbles with plastic tubes to put your fingers through. They are very good for getting SPL down. Ypu swim 100 with paddles, 100 without on frontcrawl. I Don't use them that often now that the novelty has worn off. Tried them with other strokes but they didn't seem to do much good for some reason.

I got shoulder problems from my first (conventional) pair of paddles. Now I have a pair that are shaped like the hull of a boat and sort of work the opposite way to the conventional flat ones - slippery. They actually do seem to improve my catch, mainly because I'm forced to keep my hand relaxed and anchor my whole forearm. (The difference is apparent when I take them off - my hands feel bigger, similar to the Fistglove effect. NAYY.) I don't use them very often - they weigh a ton and I have a fear of whacking a lane mate on the head with them and putting him or her into a coma. I have some light weight "PT" paddles that are like plastic pebbles with plastic tubes to put your fingers through. They are very good for getting SPL down. Ypu swim 100 with paddles, 100 without on frontcrawl. I Don't use them that often now that the novelty has worn off. Tried them with other strokes but they didn't seem to do much good for some reason.