Has anyone heard of this technique or used it in swim practices?
It seems to do nothing for me other than takes 2 min to do a 50 !!
I would rather use small fins or just use my own 2 feet !
I've been wearing shoes since right after Nationals this year just for the warmup and the first set of practice. I've noticed a HUGE improvement in my kick especially dolphin and flutter on my back . The shoes have forced me to work both halves of the dolphin kick and have really toned my butt and thighs as a bonus.
The other day we did a set of 8X50 on :55. I was able to easily hold :50 (shoes off) for the whole set doing dolphin kick. Before the shoes I would have been coming in right at :55 for the first couple of 50's and then tanking and not making the send off.
I also feel like the shoes have gotten me to get longer in fly and narrowed up and sped up my flutter kick in backstroke.
I started out in aqua shoes, now I'm in tennis shoes and some days I feel like I'm ready to graduate to the next shoe level!
I've been wearing shoes since right after Nationals this year just for the warmup and the first set of practice. I've noticed a HUGE improvement in my kick especially dolphin and flutter on my back . The shoes have forced me to work both halves of the dolphin kick and have really toned my butt and thighs as a bonus.
The other day we did a set of 8X50 on :55. I was able to easily hold :50 (shoes off) for the whole set doing dolphin kick. Before the shoes I would have been coming in right at :55 for the first couple of 50's and then tanking and not making the send off.
I also feel like the shoes have gotten me to get longer in fly and narrowed up and sped up my flutter kick in backstroke.
I started out in aqua shoes, now I'm in tennis shoes and some days I feel like I'm ready to graduate to the next shoe level!
