Finis swim Freestyler hand paddles endorsement

OK, I suck at swimming  and since I came down with plantar fasciitis I have made the decision to really work on my swimming for the rest of the year.  A friend (TitanIV) let me borrow his swim Finis freestyler hand paddles and I'm truly amazed at the progress I've had in using them for only 3x so far.  Yesterday I swam the fastest set of 100's in my backyard pool ever by ~10 seconds per 100  and felt like I could have easily kept on repeating them at that pace.

They have really helped me understand my whole stroke; the catch, pull, and follow-through cannot be done incorrectly or else the paddles will spin off or catch the water and mess you up.  So if you have issues like me in the water and are doing everything short of lessons, think about getting a pair of these hand paddles.  Now I need to get in some OWS swims in prep for the Oly in 11 days and go after a 1.5km PR!