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How to swim with swimming paddles?

If your favorite swimming style is crawl, you can buy swimming paddles because they have many benefits.

In this article, you will learn how to swim the crawl with swimming paddles .

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The different types of swimming paddles

Before you start swimming crawl with swimming paddles, you should know that there are different models , here they are:

  • Small swimming paddles: they are perfect for improving your support .
  • Large swimming paddles: they are intended for muscle strengthening , and you must already have a good level with the small paddles.

All the steps to swimming the crawl with swimming paddles

Before practicing your favorite stroke and putting on your swimming paddles, you absolutely must warm up properly, because it helps your body to better prepare for the effort, it is essential. First, if you use the swimming paddles incorrectly, you can degrade your swimming technique. The hardest part is controlling your arm movements and the position of your body in the water . Remember that the movements made by your legs and arms must be perfectly synchronized . At the beginning of your training, you can put on fins to help you float. Afterwards, put on the swimming paddles and try the " freestyle zip-up " technique. During your training, you must have your arms extended in front of you, and start swimming with one arm, while paying attention to the support and traction phase. Gradually, you will correct your faults and you will be able to reproduce the same movements during the lengths, and this, without swimming paddles. When training with swimming paddles, opt for medium to slow speed sets to focus on arm strokes .
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