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 think it gives a performance boost when you take them off. Like swimming with fists or like taking off the bat weights on deck in a baseball game.
I think there is a fundamental difference between your two examples. Bat weights stress the muscles more, swimming with fists does not.
And anyway, I've always thought of swimming with fists as a technique thing, something to help teach EVF. Not a tool to get stronger.
But ultimately I think there are two questions you should ask of any training tool or practice:
-- does it promote greater strength/fitness in a way that will help me race faster?
-- does it promote better technique?
I just don't see how "shoe kicking" does either of these. I guess if you hate kicking, and putting shoes on makes you work at it more, it can be a useful training aid. But regular kicking, or kicking with fins, is better IMO.
I think it gives a performance boost when you take them off. Like swimming with fists or like taking off the bat weights on deck in a baseball game.
I think there is a fundamental difference between your two examples. Bat weights stress the muscles more, swimming with fists does not.
And anyway, I've always thought of swimming with fists as a technique thing, something to help teach EVF. Not a tool to get stronger.
But ultimately I think there are two questions you should ask of any training tool or practice:
-- does it promote greater strength/fitness in a way that will help me race faster?
-- does it promote better technique?
I just don't see how "shoe kicking" does either of these. I guess if you hate kicking, and putting shoes on makes you work at it more, it can be a useful training aid. But regular kicking, or kicking with fins, is better IMO.
