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The Problem With Paddles
We don’t think it is an absolute ‘No’ that you shouldn’t use hand paddles. But we offer this great caution:
Using hand-paddles can actually make it harder for you to develop the best internal conditions for the catch, and for loading the torso. It is possible to use paddles to do this, but rarely is anyone seen to use them this way. Unless you have already got that understanding and know how to use those paddles to train the proper sequence of muscle-firing paddles may encourage patterns that are not what you actually intend to use while swimming – if you want to use a torso-powered stroke.
Use Fist Swimming Instead
Most people we see using paddles are training inferior timing and grip which is setting up higher risk of damage to the shoulder. And they are loading the shoulder, not the torso. Until you are a master of catch timing we highly recommend the use of fist-swimming instead – make the hands smaller rather than larger, and your brain will be forced to find a better grip on the water using the entire forearm, which will require you to lift the elbow and keep the hand under it – since the small area the fist by itself can no longer do all the work for you.
After all, you are preparing to do what? To swim a race with paddles on? (Granted, you can in the Ötillö, and that is a pretty cool race!) Or must you use what your body naturally comes with to get the job done?
Learn to use what you’ve got better, and continually train the brain to use all the piece working together.
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