Freestyler Hand Paddles - Freestyle Swim Training Aid - Improves Stroke Technique

These paddles are great. Fit for all sized hands. Gives immediate feedback on hand position as it enters the water. Also useful as a workout aid to smooth out your stroke. Could be cheaper, I guess, but do exactly what they're supposed to.

Helps correct your wonky hand entry. Smaller paddle won't trash your shoulder Great Finis quality.

It is very easy to use and it helps with my stroke technique. It also feels like I'm gliding on the water a little longer on every third stroke when I'm usually breathing out, too. I like them so far. I also had absolutely no difficult putting the tube in a hole. You want it to be a tight fit so it won't easily undo itself while you are swimming and you only do it the one time before your first use so I really don't agree with those reviewers who found this so challenging. I have other paddles with the longer rubber strap that secures the paddle better to the hand but I've had two of them break on me so I'm done with that model. I think this one will last a whole lot longer because it is just your middle finger that is going in the loop and the rest of your hand lies flat on the paddle. So far so good here. I wish they would make them in clear or less bright colors though. It does look a bit weird with these star trek looking paddles on the hands but that is just a small point really.

Quality is good, but usefulness limited to advanced beginner freestyle swimmers. May not be for a beginner: Difficult to use if technique is not good, but that is one reason you use these--to force good hand entry and catch, but overuse can make you over-reliant on them to keep the pull oriented properly. Not very large area, so not as suited for strength training as some other designs, but easier on the rotator cuff than most paddles. These are not my 1st choice paddles due to limited applications compared to classic flat paddles or other specialized paddles: These focus on hand entry and light strength work. Arena Elite finger paddles work the catch phase better, but mostly use Finis Isos for pull and strength work (I avoid flat paddles due shoulder injuries). Used these for 5% of my last 150km of training. I have used 8 or 10 different paddles over 50 years of competitive swimming (distance free, fly, IM, triathlon). Personally think Finis Isos are by far the best, except for serious strength training for U.S.S. and collegiate swimmers.

These are a great tool for training...no way to be wrong with it...

After a few laps, I could tell these were helping my stroke. The paddles will catch in the water if your stroke is off. Helps with follow through on the stroke. I use them for about 4 laps, take them off, then swim laps. I can tell my stroke is much better. These will help develop muscle memory. The rubber finger loop was a bit uncomfortable at first, but I'll get used to it quickly. These paddles will be part of my swimming routine.

From the beginning I disliked the glass-like plastic this paddles are made of. The material is fragile and it can break just like glass. In the water, if you're paddling incorrectly, it will throw you off and make you cross your arms. I didn't return them because I kept the rubber and used it on an old pair of paddles I have. Thank you keep swimming and greetings from the Bronx, USA 🗽🇺🇸

I am a senior looking to learn freestyle. These paddles have improved my stroke, helped me build up endurance and with more speed I now can do respirations every 3rd stoke!! I recommend this style over others brands that may look better. These are designed to enforce proper hand entry into the water, glide into a nice stretch and then you must pull your stoke through and exit cleanly or the paddles will go askew to let you know the technique is not right! It teaches muscle memory so every stroke becomes second nature.

Il faudra peut-être s'adapter au début car il n'y a pas d'élastique au poignet mais si le mouvement est bon, la plaquette "colle". Elle n'est pas trop volumineuse et n'oblige pas à des efforts surhumains. Excellent pour corriger/trouver le mouvement de main/bras. comme il n'y a pas d'élastique au poignet, elles sont bp plus confortables que les plaquettes "classiques".

Diese Paddles dienen ausschließlich dazu die Zugtechnik zu perfektionieren und so Kraft und Zeit zu sparen. Die Rezensionen, die schreiben, die Paddels wären nichts, weil man sie immer verliert, haben den Sinn nicht verstanden. Ja, ihr verliert sie, weil eure Technik nicht richtig ist. Am Anfang wird es bei einigen wirklich teilweise nervig und evtl. auch frustrierend sein. "Hört" auf die Paddles. Macht langsam und schaut, was ihr machen müsst, dass ihr sie nicht verliert bzw. dass sie nicht so instabil sind, dann bekommt ihr die richtige Zugtechnik! Ihr werdet merken, dass eure Gleitphasen länger und besser werden, die Wasserlage sich verbessert und ihr spürt nach einiger Zeit auch, wie ihr eure Hüfte drehen müsst, um den wenigsten Wasserwiderstand zu haben und die Kraft besser umsetzen zu können. Was mir auch sehr gut gefällt ist, dass dies Paddles nicht so sehr auf die Muskulatur der Schulter gehen, wie andere Paddles. Sie sind wirklich nur zur Technikverbesserung da. Andere Paddles sind ja auch zum Muskelaufbau da, aber mit denen kann man auch manchmal mehr Schaden, als Nutzen verursachen. Wenn ihr also wirklich mehr aus eurem Freestyle rausholen möchtet und ihr gewillt seid an eurer Technik zu arbeiten, dann kann ich diese Paddles empfehlen. Man soll natürlich nicht kilometerweit damit Schwimmen! Baut man sie aber für ein paar Bahnen ein und zieht sie dann aus, merkt man sofort, dass sich der Schwimmstil verbessert. Sie sind auch gut, wenn man z.B. keinen Trainer oder Freund am Beckenrand hat, der schaut, ob eure Technik gut ist. Man selber meint ja immer, man Schwimmt perfekt, aber wenn man sich dann mal auf Video aufnimmt, sieht man schnell die Fehler, die man macht. Beim Schwimmen selber merkt man das oft nicht. Macht ihr mit den Paddles Fehler bekommt ihr die prompte Rückmeldung. Für mich eine sinnvolle Trainingshilfe, die man in Maße einsetzen sollte.

Spedizione come al solito puntualissima. Con un coltello ho dovuto allargare i fori per inserire il tubicino per il dito. Erano troppo stretti. Allenamento dopo allenamento, ho notato un incredibile miglioramento. Richiedono molta più precisione (confronta alle altre classiche più larghe) ma permettono di allungare e scivolare veramente molto, presa con mano più chiusa (essendo le palette più strette) e mano di ritorno passante vicino la gamba. Lavorando molto con la tecnica ho notato un incredibile miglioramento. Le straconsiglio!! Ovviamente non fatto tutto loro, l'impegno ci deve essere sempre 😂 Le sconsiglio per chi è alle prime armi.

Bought these after several people who had been on Swimsmooth courses reported good feedback and I can concur that they are much better than using traditional style paddles. They don't give the same training effect as a traditional "dinner plate" style paddle which trains strength, but do give some effect in this area, but what they do is correct your hand entry and help lengthen out the stroke a little (great for a high cadence swimmer like myself). Quality as always with Finis is good and would recommend these to anyone thinking of using paddles for the first time (get the stroke right first before you do any other type of paddle work).

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