Swimming technic with long fins

[niclas.ember]

I have just done my first attempt with long fins (Mares Razor), and I wonder if there are any special technic for swimming with them.
It felt like my hips rotated very much, and it seemed to work better if I tried to take it very slow when swimming.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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[go-hard]

Have a look at this video.

 

[niclas.ember]

Thanks for the video.
It seems to be the way I did it, so maybe it's justca matter of getting used to.
I see that she's rotating her body quite a lot, so I guess thats ok.
With shorter fins I don't get that rotation and that felt a bit strange.

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[briancro]

Usually the rotation of the body is caused by allowing the fins to come away from the body at the end of the stroke. Rotation of the body is not efficient. Try to bring the fins straight through at the end of each kick to stop rotation.


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[niclas.ember]

Thanks for your answer.

Do you mean that my fins are moving left/right, and not straight up/down or do I misunderstand you?

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[milton baker]

Have a look at this video.

this may be a stupid question but if one is spearfishing in shallow water, will the vibrations and noise of the flutter kicks breaching the surface of the water scare off fish? a spearfishing buddy of mine has always told me that he bicycle kicks when he spearfishes so that there is less sound when he swims around a hunting zone.

sorry for the off topic question, ive been wondering about this for awhile and it seemed like a decent place to ask without starting a new thread

 

[DaveB]

Yes, splashing the surface scares fish away. You should avoid doing that when shallow hunting.

You don't need to go overboard changing your technique, just be aware of it happening and try to minimise it. The same applies to your duck dive, try to make it as slow and smooth as possible when dropping on close-by fish.

 

[Erik]

It's ok and desirable to have a little bend in your knees. Especially at the surface and when you need power ie: heading down or up. I don't know where this idea came from about kicking only from the hips. If you do that, all you are using is hip flexors which have limited power and are prone to injury, and for a newbie, you will rotate in the water. When I was a SCUBA instructor we were supposed to teach this bullshit too, and all it did was mess people up. Watch any good spearo or freediver and you will see some bend in the knees. Certainly don't "walk" the fins and get the bicycling effect, but again a little bend is good. A good instructor will not tell you to dive with your knees locked; they will watch you to make sure you're not bicycling or rotating.
Also try the little frog kick from the ankles at the surface and when you are moving slowly underwater, but not during the initial submersion.
I have heard many instructors telling people to not bend their knees then watched them ALL bend their knees as it's natural and efficient if done organically and properly.
Watch these guys and tell me they don't know how to kick properly!