Back when I was swimming competitively, we never used fins. No one I knew even owned a pair.
Now, they seem to be popular. The local masters team uses them. Today I was in the gym pool and a young fellow -- looked to be maybe a high school team swimmer -- got in and started doing kick sets with fins.
Seems to me, if you want to get good at kicking with your bare legs, you practice kicking with your bare legs. In many sports, training is done with added weights, but since the fins make kicking easier, I don't see the benefit.
But then again, why would a training method be popular if it didn't work?
So what's the rationale?
Since FINA has opened the door to mechanically assisted swimming by approving the use of tech suits, I've always wondered why they don't go to the logical extreme and approve the use of fins in competition also? :confused:
Dolphin 2
In Europe they have monofin races.
Since FINA has opened the door to mechanically assisted swimming by approving the use of tech suits, I've always wondered why they don't go to the logical extreme and approve the use of fins in competition also? :confused:
Dolphin 2
In Europe they have monofin races.
