I rarely use fins at all, but today I did a fly only set with zoomers because I am struggling with learning proper fly. It really gave me a good feel for the timing, rythm and proper body position. Does anyone else fly with zoomers? If so what percentage?
I was thinking of doing at least one set a week with the zoomers.
Does anyone who has completely mastered fly continue to use fins?
From birth, swimmers are conditioned and brainwashed into thinking that fins are cheating. Why? We are not told that paddles or pull buoys or kick boards are pernicious toys used only by the laziest of slackers.
Actually, in our workout group there are those who always pull on paddles/pull buoys for hard sets and they are often given a hard time about it (all in fun, of course; this is masters).
More seriously, I think fins, paddles, etc can be very useful training tools. But they can also become a crutch and that should obviously be avoided.
After all, I assume the goal eventually is to be able to swim fly well without fins (eg, in a race).
From birth, swimmers are conditioned and brainwashed into thinking that fins are cheating. Why? We are not told that paddles or pull buoys or kick boards are pernicious toys used only by the laziest of slackers.
Actually, in our workout group there are those who always pull on paddles/pull buoys for hard sets and they are often given a hard time about it (all in fun, of course; this is masters).
More seriously, I think fins, paddles, etc can be very useful training tools. But they can also become a crutch and that should obviously be avoided.
After all, I assume the goal eventually is to be able to swim fly well without fins (eg, in a race).
