Today, for the first time ever, I decided to use paddles for my workout. It seemed simple enough. I've watched the age groupers and other masters swimmers. I grabbed a pair, put my fingers through the catches and started on my way. It seemed to be fairly easy to use them The first few laps seemed quite easy. Then about halfway through, the paddles started to float off of my hands. I kept stopping to secure them between sets, but it just kept happening. Everytime I would get into a rythym, they would loosen and start floating off. I was using these Strokemakers. I did notice that there was only tubing in place for the finger catch, not the wrist catch. Could this have been the problem?? Was it incorrect technique that was causing them to float away from my hands? Other than the floating problem, they worked really well. Suggestions?
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I still use the same pair of these that I had in college (the bigger blue ones) that are 20 years old and the only strap I use is the one that goes over the middle finger.
As others have suggested you'll need a high elbow catch and efficient stroke. Here are some great drills with them for freestylers:
www.facebook.com/.../video.phpp.castfire.com/castfire_v3.swf
I still use the same pair of these that I had in college (the bigger blue ones) that are 20 years old and the only strap I use is the one that goes over the middle finger.
As others have suggested you'll need a high elbow catch and efficient stroke. Here are some great drills with them for freestylers:
www.facebook.com/.../video.phpp.castfire.com/castfire_v3.swf
