Swim with monofins

It can be difficult to swim with a monofin in the beginning. So it is important that you do not set your goals to high and spend plenty of time just playing around in the water in order to get used to wearing the fin.
In the beginning you might not feel that you are getting the benefit you wanted from the monofin. But don’t give up or get stressed over it! You have firstly to feel comfortable with the monofin and this feeling will come early. You should just begin by playing around with the monofin, making practice on gliding underwater and make first experiences with something simple like doing some swings while heading for the bottom of the pool.
The secret in swimming with monofins is to learn how to use the entire body as one big muscle that will drive the monofin. Most of people think they just need to have powerful legs to kick it on and many finswimmers still swim like that, but they’re wrong. When you get it, when you understand how to use the whole body to move forward with a monofin in the water, you will have the right feelings. When you first master the kick and the glide, you will feel a freedom underwater that cannot be found anywhere else.
It takes both time and training to really master the dolphin-kick!
The stroke should begin with the upper body and then move to the abs and onwards to the hip. The movement continues out through the legs and into the monofin. Remember that you must not bend your knees as this would ruin the effect of the kick.
A monofin must be and will become a part of your body as a dolphin tail is, and finally the dolphin kick will become natural to you.
A great monofin for beginners can be a simple fibreglass monofin such as monofin Feng as it is easy to handle and steer, but first you should make some practice with simple rubber bifins, such as model Tao. Monofins like models Yin, Yang or Qi are for master finswimmers.

And what about you? Which was your first experience with monofins?

 

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