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Tag Archives: paddles
How to: FINIS Hand Paddles
Most swimmers and coaches find a use for their paddles almost every day. Until recently, there were fewer variations of style one could choose when purchasing their equipment. FINIS has released a number of hand paddles that have challenged all … Continue reading
Posted in Agility Paddles, PT Paddles, Swim Tips, Workouts
Tagged back, backstroke, breast, breaststroke, butterfly, equipment, FINIS, finis20, fly, free, freestyle, gear, paddle, paddles, product, pulling, swim, swim smarter, swimmer, swimming, training
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2013 Red Dot Award, FINIS Agility Paddles
Livermore, CA – (April 3, 2013) The innovative swim company, FINIS, impressed a 37-member jury of design experts with their new strapless Agility Paddles to receive the “red dot award: product design 2013”. The “red dot” is a coveted recognition … Continue reading
Posted in Agility Paddles, Company News, Events, Fun, Helpful Product Info, Uncategorized
Tagged 2013, Agility Paddles, award, Design, development, distance swimming, drill, FINIS, finis20, freestyle, fun swimming, paddles, prestige, product, product design, pulling, recognition, red dot award, strapless, swim, swimming, swimming basics, technique, tips, training, Triathlon, triathlon swimming, winners, workout, Workouts
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FINIS Agility Paddle, New Sizes Available!
FINIS releases two new sizes for their popular Agility Paddle Livermore, CA – (November 13, 2012) FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products that maximize your fitness potential and technique, announces the immediate availability of multiple Agility Paddles sizes. The strapless … Continue reading
Posted in Agility Paddles, Company News, Drills, Events, Helpful Product Info, Swim Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged Agility Paddles, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, launch, new, paddle, paddles, pool, product, swim, swimming, swimming basics, technique, training, water
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GARY HALL: SWIMMING MYTHS DEBUNKED (4)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #4: The reason you keep the elbows high during the underwater pull is to increase power. I often hear this myth from both coaches and swimmers. When one looks at the underwater shots of the … Continue reading
Posted in Agility Paddles, Athletes, Drills, Events, Helpful Product Info, Interviews, Swim Tips
Tagged FINIS, freestyle, paddles, product design, streamline, swim, swimming, swimming basics, technique, tips, training, workout, Workouts
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (2)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #2: The only time you need to worry about reducing frontal drag is on the start and turns. Getting into a tight streamline is extremely important for the dive and turns. Your body speed is … Continue reading
Posted in Athletes, Company News, Drills, Events, Helpful Product Info, Sculling Paddles, Swim Tips, Swimmer's Snorkel, Z2 Gold Zoomers
Tagged distance swimming, drill, FINIS, fins, Gary Hall, head position, paddles, product design, racing, snorkel, streamline, swim, swimmer's snorkel, swimming, swimming basics, technique, training, workout, Workouts, z2, Z2 Zoomers, zoomers
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Sculling For Everyone
There is a strange phrase swimmers use after being out of the water for long periods of time: “I seem to have lost my feel for the water”. To most this may seem ambiguous, but to swimmers it simply means … Continue reading
Posted in Drills, Events, Fun, Helpful Product Info, Sculling Paddles, Swim Tips
Tagged middle sculling drill, paddles, practice, product tips, sculling, sculling drills, swim practice, swimming, swimming basics, tips
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Swimsense™: Using Paddles to Make Even More Sense of It
Round #2: Pacing Right! Last time we interacted, I had done 30 x 100m swim repeats on 1:30 as a warm-up a few days prior to a 70.3 event. The idea was to show you guys and girls the importance … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Product Info, Swimsense, Triathlon, Workouts
Tagged pacing, paddles, Swimsense, Triathlon, understanding swimsense, Workouts
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Leverage your Workout with Equipment
Use equipment to customize workouts to your specific needs One challenge of swimming just a few days a week on a Masters team is that there is often very little continuity and cohesion between each workout. I sometimes find that … Continue reading
Stop Fighting the Water! Part 3
Pull More Water A goal of every swimmer should be to constantly refine their technique to become more efficient in the water. We’ve discussed how you can lengthen your Freestyle stroke by extending the hand entry. Another opportunity to improve … Continue reading
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Tagged drill, elbow drop, EVF, forearm fulcrum, freestyle, paddles, PT paddles, pulling, straight-arm
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Stop Fighting the Water! Part 2
Stretch your Freestyle Out One of the most common mistakes that novice adult swimmers make when they begin training for the first time is to flail their arms, taking short and inefficient strokes. This often happens because the swimmer is … Continue reading
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Tagged drill, freestyle, freestyler hand paddle, paddles, pulling, swimming basics, swimming downhill
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