About this product
A plain kickboard is held by gripping its edge, and over a long kick set that tenses the hands, forearms and shoulders – which is the opposite of what you want while the point of the exercise is the legs. Moulded hand grips solve it. The hands sit in shaped recesses and hold securely without clamping, so the upper body can stay relaxed.
The board itself does the standard kickboard job: it floats your arms so every metre comes from the legs. That builds kick strength, which matters far more in open water and chop than it does in a calm pool lane, and it exposes a weak or inefficient kick immediately.
Kick technique in short: from the hip rather than the knee, legs long, kick small and fast, toes pointed. A big bent-knee kick moves a lot of water and almost no swimmer, and it is the commonest fault there is.
Rinse the board in fresh water after every session and keep it out of direct sun. Chlorine and UV together are what make closed-cell foam go chalky and crumble at the edges.
Buying a Swimming Plate with Handle in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the swimming plate with handle at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every swimming plate with handle is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which swimming plate with handle suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Browse more Others in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on swimming, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Conquest Swimming Kickboard with Hand Grips