pointing down towards the bottom of the pool and have my toes pointed back.
Recently did some video and found myself impressed how my toes were pointed down.
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Kneel on the floor, then slowly sit back until you’re sitting on your ankles. Lean back more if u can. Can u do that?
Fins
They’re great for all sorts of reasons
Tell me more. When I swim with fins I feel fluid and smooth, like a real swimmer. Without them it’s fine but not nearly as smooth
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Regarding ankle flexibility using fins simply work. You will easily sense that you get more power pointing your toes and you’ll do it naturally.
Be ready for the calf cramp, though!
I’m pretty sure Tim in here does a lot of fin work.
Makes sense about ankle flexibility. You can also really feel when you take them off of your feet are hanging.
I guess my worry is using them so often that my stroke gets optimized for fin swimming at the expense of regular swimming.
Is a lot of fin work like 20%? Or like 50%?
Hmm I’m not sure I see that problem. Let me back up a bit and say: yes, if you use buoyancy shorts, you are disengaging your midsection to the long term detriment of your swimming. So using those shorts too often might not be the best plan. I’m not seeing an equivalent issue with fins.
20% would be on the high side, though. It’s really tiring to use them if you do it right. And Personally I’d recommend shorter fins.
AJT may disagree but for swimmers, fins are like the equivalent of floaty shots for triathletes.
fins should be like the dessert, you’ve been well behaved and eaten all your vegetables, now you can have ice creams / lollies as dessert
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Hehe. Yeah I disagree. Maybe the common ground is I feel like if you’ve got fins on, you should be going fast. Don’t use them to simply go faster.”
Further, kicking with fins on your back with your arms overhead in the streamlined position is the best way to improve the ankle flex, right??? A swimmer can either kick standard backstroke flutter kick, or kick dolphin kick on the back, or do both.