Swimming Paddles- why do we need them? How do you choose the right pair for you? What is it the proper way to use them? Some swimmers work on shortening their muscles, working on power before working on their swimming technique or even worse, before learning how to swim correctly. WEST swimming technique works on protecting your neck and lower back in swimming and especially when learning how to swim.
The paddles allow us to grab the water better, therefore increasing our progress rate per stroke. Our goal is to train those muscles, so when we take our pedals off we still pull the same amount of water.
There are many paddle shapes- duck shape, fingers shape, long ones and the standard type. The goal is to have our palm loose which means having the fingers just a bit open, and not tight together without having our fingers extending out of the pedal borders there should be a 1cm gap between the fingers and the edge of the paddle.
It creates an even scattering of the tension created by our palm, forearm, arm and shoulder, on the paddles. There are swimmers who swim with equipment on pull buoy and paddles significantly faster, compared no having nothing on.
For example- if a swimmer goes a on a with no pull buoy, he can probably go seconds faster with a pull buoy. On the other hand, a triathlete or a marathon runner could go 20 seconds faster with a pull buoy on. So what is the reason that swimmers go faster with paddles and a pull buoy? Your stroke lengthens when you wear hand paddles which means that you reach further with your leading arm and are able to pull more water.
A longer stroke means that you get a better distance per stroke so each arm pull becomes much more efficient. These can be a great training aid for those that are up against the clock.
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So, if you feel a lot of resistance when you pull, then your hand is positioned correctly, and you are pushing the maximum amount of water under your body to help you move. If you have a first stroke that could do with slowing down, then hand paddles will do this for you too as you have to work harder for each arm pull. If your stroke is slowed down then you can concentrate on areas of your body such as your head position or leg kick, so benefiting more than just your upper body.
Your stroke lengthens when you wear hand paddles which means that you reach further with your leading arm and you are able to pull more water. A longer stroke means that you get a better distance per stroke, so each arm pull becomes much more efficient. These can be a great training aid for those that are up against the clock.
You need to build up your hand paddle use gradually to avoid the risk of injury.
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