In general, when I swim with a group, I notice that I usually am at the front on kick sets without fins. When, however, we have sets with fins, I usually fall behind. Why is this?
The other day, I was swimming with the high school group and they were begging to do a 10 x 100 kick with fins on 1:10. No way could I make this. When I suggested doing 10 x 100 kick on 1:45 without fins, nobody thought they could make it. In fact, the coach gave a small set of 100s on 1:45 that was without fins and I thought it was pretty easy while the others could barely make it.
In any case, why do I stink on fin work when I am a pretty strong kicker without the fins? Is this a bad thing?
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I have weak ankles too, though in my case it is BECAUSE of the flexibility. I would think fins would actually compensate for inflexible ankles. But you seem to have a strong kick anyway so they can't be that bad.
Some fins are stiffer than others too so it really depends. I think I have the TYR fins (green & black) and they were really stiff when I first got them. They still are compared to alot of fins but I'm used to them now. I don't do a ton of kicking with fins anyway.
I have weak ankles too, though in my case it is BECAUSE of the flexibility. I would think fins would actually compensate for inflexible ankles. But you seem to have a strong kick anyway so they can't be that bad.
Some fins are stiffer than others too so it really depends. I think I have the TYR fins (green & black) and they were really stiff when I first got them. They still are compared to alot of fins but I'm used to them now. I don't do a ton of kicking with fins anyway.
