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You can go pretty fast with a couple of seals attached to your feet ... :11:jim ernst:
For the newer divers out there, pay particular attention to this advice ... I speak from experience.NetDoc:However, the best finning technique is achieved by folding your hands and learning how to navigate up, down, left and right by using your breathing and your feet. Many, many divers tend to use their hands to adjust their attitude and direction in the water. This alone can cause a huge silt out, and tends to keep you in a heads up position. It will also consume a huge portion of the air in your tank as you need more air to feed the muscles in your arms. So intertwine your fingers and learn how to just kick.
Doc Intrepid:Every now and again someone loses a fin. A strap breaks, it gets kicked off, whatever. It can be disconcerting...
The dolphin kick can be moderately useful if you lose a fin. Cross your legs at your ankle, and use the dolphin kick with your single remaining fin. Its ungainly and clumsy, but it beats the crap out of trying to do a flutter kick or a frog kick with only one fin...
Give it a shot in a pool with only one fin on, and see for yourself...
NetDoc:The flutter kick is a great introductory fin technique. If the trim is right, there is little silting... especially here in Florida.
However, the best finning technique is achieved by folding your hands and learning how to navigate up, down, left and right by using your breathing and your feet. Many, many divers tend to use their hands to adjust their attitude and direction in the water. This alone can cause a huge silt out, and tends to keep you in a heads up position. It will also consume a huge portion of the air in your tank as you need more air to feed the muscles in your arms. So intertwine your fingers and learn how to just kick.
NetDoc:Mike,
I like to teach more than one single kick . . .
Second thought: If you think that your frog kick is stronger/faster than your flutter than please time yourself to be sure. When the fat hits the fan and speed is of the utmost importance, it's best to KNOW which is really faster and not rely on which you HOPE is faster.