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

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

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...

Does what it says on the tin, or it feels like it anyway. I got these to help clean up my stroke and get a better feel for the water, and I can see how they might be able to do that after trying them out in the pool. The brilliant person who suggested stretching the tubing in both directions saved me a ton of trouble. I salute you! Using the properties of the tubing instead of trying to force it is the key. It didn’t require much force at all, but the fit was very snug once the tubing was in place.

I'm a new triathlete and just started to learn how to swim last summer - talking NO swim experience other than head above water half-effort breast stroke, swim to the dock in the pond and hang out all afternoon in the sun. I've been practicing and swimming a ton over the last year. All I want to do it improve my form and endurance. So I got these paddles to use during pull drills and immediately I discovered where I've been messing up with the catch and when I end the follow-through on my stroke with my left hand. I did 300 yards with these on and using my pull buoy, then dropped them both for a 200 yard freestyle swim interval.... It was like night and day. I could feel the "catch" like I've NEVER felt it before! They're so inexpensive, I would highly recommend giving them a test. I'm only 5'0", so I went with the Junior size. While I was getting used to them and reaching the wall on the deep end, I lost one of them off my hand. They float, so no big deal other than interrupting the swim. I'm not entirely sure I shouldn't have gone with the adult size, but the Jr seems to be fine. I don't want the paddles doing ALL the work for me.

Paddles work just fine, but I got tendonitis from using them too much/often. If you're old (like me) take it easy. (The cure for my tendonitis? Rest.)

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.

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 🗽🇺🇸

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".

These Junior freestyler hand paddles have been extremely helpful. I thought they’d make a bad stroke feel bad, but I find they make a good stroke feel right. So, by combining the paddles with some YouTube videos on good technique, I’ve been able to improve my stroke and know I’m doing it right. The upshot is that my stroke has improved tremendously and I swim much faster and easier. Plus the paddles are fun to use. I highly recommend this product. I'm an adult with small hands, so the white Junior paddles worked very well for me. Which was lucky because I thought the listing was for white or yellow paddles. I didn't realize at the time of purchase that the white ones were smaller.

I bought those but are a junior size...I would suggest writing size Junior in red for easy reading.

Quality, was told to buy these by my swim instructor. They are great and have really helped me with my technique - will last and well made which make price reasonable

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.