Zoomer Z2 Training Fins

I'd like to hear more about this one myself. Paddles and buoys were a regular part of training when I was in school, but fins seem to be a new one. Intuitively, I would think fins would be detrimental to learning a good flutter kick as they encourage too much knee bending and not enough streamline. Swim training fins are much shorter than scuba fins (especially Zoomers), so a user shouldn't really be kicking any diffently than when barefoot. (Come to think of it, whenever I've gone snorkeling, I've kicked straight-legged from the hip in dive fins as well, requiring much less motion and energy than the "bicycle" kickers in the group.) Fins are useful training tools for all the reasons mentioned, but beware of using them too much if you have bad knees. I only use mine for drills, preferring to take them off for actual swimming. Otherwise my knees let me know they're not happy.

I'd like to hear more about this one myself. Paddles and buoys were a regular part of training when I was in school, but fins seem to be a new one. Intuitively, I would think fins would be detrimental to learning a good flutter kick as they encourage too much knee bending and not enough streamline. Swim training fins are much shorter than scuba fins (especially Zoomers), so a user shouldn't really be kicking any diffently than when barefoot. (Come to think of it, whenever I've gone snorkeling, I've kicked straight-legged from the hip in dive fins as well, requiring much less motion and energy than the "bicycle" kickers in the group.) Fins are useful training tools for all the reasons mentioned, but beware of using them too much if you have bad knees. I only use mine for drills, preferring to take them off for actual swimming. Otherwise my knees let me know they're not happy.