I recently purchased these fins. As you can see, they are intermediate length fins. Their main advantage was that they were available in a local store, so I could try them on to see that they fit. Now I am trying to decide whether I like them. They perform pretty much as you would expect -- I can do a faster tempo kick than I would with a long fin, but not quite as fast as with a short zoomer-type fin (I think). And I don't think you get quite the propulsion of a long fin, but more propulsion than a short fin.
So, my question is whether these fins will be useful for either short-fin purposes (i.e., sprinting) or long-fin purposes (i.e., kick training) or both, or whether they are too much of a compromise and won't be good for either function. You can see which way I am leaning, but I am willing to be talked into the glorious advantages of intermediate length fins if I am missing something.
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Not sure how much use I'll be as when I was coached, we were told to bring "fins", so some of us had short and some long. Anyway for a while I used long fins, but would be prone to cramping and tightness and figured I was a rubbish kicker, then they fell apart, so I bought a pair of TYR splitfins.
Similar to you - it was purely on the fact that they had them at the club shop! These are, I suppose intermediate and I do find that I can get up a good sprint speed in them as well as working the muscles on longer sets, without cramping. They were $$ but I have had them over 8 years (although I have had time off swimming) and are still in great condition. And this year I have really been working on my kick and have improved the strength of my push off from the wall as well :)
Not sure how much use I'll be as when I was coached, we were told to bring "fins", so some of us had short and some long. Anyway for a while I used long fins, but would be prone to cramping and tightness and figured I was a rubbish kicker, then they fell apart, so I bought a pair of TYR splitfins.
Similar to you - it was purely on the fact that they had them at the club shop! These are, I suppose intermediate and I do find that I can get up a good sprint speed in them as well as working the muscles on longer sets, without cramping. They were $$ but I have had them over 8 years (although I have had time off swimming) and are still in great condition. And this year I have really been working on my kick and have improved the strength of my push off from the wall as well :)