I bought a Finis snorkel a few years back but I just do not enjoy swimming with it. I find I hold my breath more per 25 than I do in an underwater or hypoxic 25. I haven't even tried doing a flip turn with it yet.
Anyone else go through a similar adjustment phase when they started working with their snorkel? How did you get used to it?
I never flip with mine. It was too much trouble to clear, and I had to wear it uncomfortably tight to keep the tube in the center of my forehead on the underwater push off the wall. I just figure open turns offer me a couple more strokes on each length to work on, which is kind of the point of using it for pulling anyway.
Breathe in a regular pattern -- because you can! -- and exhale through your nose to help with that water going up nasal passage directly to brain feeling. That part gets better after a while; it's pretty unpleasant at first.
I recently started using mine for kick sets, at least the ones with boards. I'm a really lousy kicker, especially with a board, and I think it has helped with my body position and efficiency. I was never a social kicker anyway, being constantly out of breath and dropped in the first 25m of your average mellow social kick, so I'm not missing out on catching up with the latest from my lanemates by having my head down.
I generally don't try and swim very fast with it, just focus on stroke. Try starting nice and slow and get a regular breathing pattern going.
I do think it's a great tool for correcting pull issues, and use it sparingly but regularly.
I never flip with mine. It was too much trouble to clear, and I had to wear it uncomfortably tight to keep the tube in the center of my forehead on the underwater push off the wall. I just figure open turns offer me a couple more strokes on each length to work on, which is kind of the point of using it for pulling anyway.
Breathe in a regular pattern -- because you can! -- and exhale through your nose to help with that water going up nasal passage directly to brain feeling. That part gets better after a while; it's pretty unpleasant at first.
I recently started using mine for kick sets, at least the ones with boards. I'm a really lousy kicker, especially with a board, and I think it has helped with my body position and efficiency. I was never a social kicker anyway, being constantly out of breath and dropped in the first 25m of your average mellow social kick, so I'm not missing out on catching up with the latest from my lanemates by having my head down.
I generally don't try and swim very fast with it, just focus on stroke. Try starting nice and slow and get a regular breathing pattern going.
I do think it's a great tool for correcting pull issues, and use it sparingly but regularly.
