Swimmer training paddle

Abstract

A swimmer's hand paddle in the form of a rigid planar member has a mitten-shaped surface area, larger than the human hand and wider in the palm area than in the area of the middle finger, and has an irregularly-shaped aperture of a width approaching the width of the hand positioned at a location on the paddle so as to be covered by the most sensitive area of the palm when the hand is properly positioned on the paddle. From one end of a proximal curved wrist edge to a point beyond the end of the thumb, the thumb side edge closely approaches the outer edge of the thumb and then curves inwardly and merges with a sharply curved distal end, whereas the little finger side edge extends with flared curvature from the distal end to the other end of the curved wrist edge. The area of the little finger side of the paddle is larger than the thumb side area, and has a curved row of perforations which closely approaches the little finger side edge for reducing the resistance to water of the little finger side during the routine of a swimming stroke. The user's hand is attached to and positioned on the paddle by sections of rubber tubing pulled through sets of perforations, one set positioned near the wrist edge and another set positioned at the approximate location of the base of the user's fingers.