FINISRubber Pulling Ankle Strap

Artículo original y buena calidad

Good

I use this ankle strap along with a pull buoy to help with body rotation and core engagement during freestyle. The strap is strong and good quality and comfortable. My only complaint is that it is a little big for my ankles, so I have to pull it up a bit above my ankles to prevent it from coming off. Other than that, it's great!

I hate to keep a pull buoy between my legs by using leg muscles. By using this strap at my ankles or on my legs, I can swim with the pull buoy and not concentrate on my legs at all!

Helped my kids keep the legs straight and not kicking too much.

good

Good quality and durable.

I received these in a timely manner, they were well packaged. A few things:These work best for older teenagers and adults only. It did not work for my 8 year old at all. I'm not taking stars off for that because really, It's not advertised for kids-I was just taking a chance they would work.They were very stretchy and high quality.They were coated with some type of power out of the package that made me really itchy, and they smelled funny for a few minutes out of the package, but then the smell dissipated.They are a good value for the money.

My swimming instructor suggested me to get one of these as she has been using them with masters and it proved as a very effective tool. I searched on amazon and read the negative reviews. So before buying I went back to her as something was not right. She explained that people often don't understand how to use it. The strap is not supposed to completely tie up your ankles, it gives you freedom to move a bit if necessary. It can be used for different levels of proficiency.So I bought it and have used a few times already. It is hard work! My instructor suggested to swap every 100m with and without the strap. I cannot yet do that much, so I swim 50m front crawl with the strap, 50m breaststroke, 50m front crawl no strap, 50m breaststroke, 50m front crawl no strap, 50m breaststroke. And I do 5 sets like this with 2 minutes break between the sets. I can tell you it feels SO easy to swim front crawl once you remove the strap:) And by the 4th set when I swim with the strap I can feel my arms really tired as I sink much more. Overall great product, it is not a buoy to pull you to the surface but with this strap you have to really work your arms, rotation and those muscles that you use to pull yourself up out of the water. And when you do sink you have the freedom to slightly kick to help you out:)

The Finis ankle strap have Factory Induced Degradation (FID), which means that the product is already "programmed" to yield after some time of use, however, this will be before scraping the material from which it is made. To be exact, the strap has a transverse tunnel as long as the staple width (the picture shows the two ends of the tunnel) - well, this transverse tunnel will be the line of breaking the ankle strap. Shame on you, Finis !The cost of the product in relation to the return shipping costs does not justify a refund, but I will definitely not buy it again.

This strap is large and simply putting it around both ankles still allows a large amount of play - too much to be useful like this. However, as suggested by an earlier review, wrap it twice around 1 ankle and once around the other and it’s great. Wrap it twice around your ankles makes it far too tight.

This product allows you to keep a sturdy body and stroke when using a pull buoy. I did think it was going to snap but I think that was just me worrying about it too much. Build your upper strength with this!

I use this mostly around the knees/lower thigh for practising keeping my knees closer together on breaststroke and flutter kick. It does exactly what I was expecting, and I believe my kick has improved as a result.