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Originally Posted by swiminto
I watch many a swimmer use a pullbouy and paddles, just so that they can go faster/longer or they know that the paddles enable them to add resistance so they plow through the water without a thought to adjusting technique. I can see people using the snorkel, much in the same way.
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I am very interested in improving my technique but I'm still a lap swimmer because my only means of improving is through reading posts or books or other published stuff. It's hard to objectively evaluate yourself and know what it is/is not that you should be doing.
I guess what I'm saying is that we're all lap swimmers until someone helps us get better... hard to do on your own when you don't know what you don't know. When you enter the competition ring, coaches become an ingredient in the mix but not everyone is interested in competing. If you don't compete, you often don't get coached.