What kind of fins should I get for a competitive swim team?
I am 14 and on a year round swim team & the coach says I need to get fins to practice with. Are snorkel fins ok to use in a pool? If not, what kind do you recommend I should get. Links would be helpful :]
I would first ask your coach, but chances are he/she will say no to the Snorkel fins. When you swim with long fins, you can´t kick fast and practice using your fast twitch muscles. Also, if you have short fins, the actual kicking motions and muscles utilized will be the same, you will just have to move more water therefore strengthening your kick. When you change the length of the fin, you are changing the muscle groups worked, and when you take the long fins off your non fin kick won´t be any better off.
Something like this would be good: http://www.speedousa.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3106943&utm_source=yahoo-ssp&utm_medium=pi&utm_date=20091004&utm_content=7530259
October 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
http://www.trisports.com/tangaswimfins.html
These are the types of fins that we use one our team. there pretty good.
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October 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I would first ask your coach, but chances are he/she will say no to the snorkel fins. When you swim with long fins, you can´t kick fast and practice using your fast twitch muscles. Also, if you have short fins, the actual kicking motions and muscles utilized will be the same, you will just have to move more water therefore strengthening your kick. When you change the length of the fin, you are changing the muscle groups worked, and when you take the long fins off your non fin kick won´t be any better off.
Something like this would be good: http://www.speedousa.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3106943&utm_source=yahoo-ssp&utm_medium=pi&utm_date=20091004&utm_content=7530259
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