"Kick-Bored" TI's Terry Laughlin gives his view on kick boards and why you should use flippers during practice. About Fins and Flippers Want to improve your kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position, and go faster during practice? Add flippers to your workouts.
Apollo Bio Fin The highest rated scuba fin in national reviews - but only applicable to scuba settings. This one is expensive. Basic Fins Sprint Aquatics offers a basic fin, prefect for trimming down to a shorter bladed variety. They also have a pre-cut short blade model - and kick boards, too! Electric Swim Fin A 'One of a Kind' product which allows a person to propel themselves through the water hands-free with very little effort Fin Dependency A look at CFD (Chronic Fin Dependency) by Mo Chambers; From the Mountain View Masters. Fins by Churchill From the surfing world, these are also good for competitive swimming workouts. Fins by Guppy Closer to the scuba style of fin, available in a variety of sizes and colors, including children's style. Fins by Speedo (from The Swimwear Company) The basic basic pocket fin in a variety of sizes. Fins by Zeagle A medium to long blade fin with a radical pocket design - looks comfortable. Fins by Zoomers The home of the premier swimming training flipper, they also make several other interesting training aids. Flips The comfort of sandals in a flipper - models for scuba, surfers, and swimmers. Force Fins An interesting design that does work for competitive swimmers as a training aid, the best choice in their line is probably the Multi Force model. Monofins From Finis, if you don't know what these are, you don't know fast swimming. Rodale's Fin Review A review of several models of scuba fins from the Rodale Web site. These are all too big for most competitive swimming applications. Surf Fins Models designed more for surfing than swimming, they claim to be the most comfortable fins on earth. The Kick Marty Hull and Zoomers explain the kick and how to improve it. Toe-Fin An innovative design for a swimming fin - they look comfortable and are designed to make you a better kicker (leading to a better swimmer) and to increase your flexibility.
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