The Tech Toc is a clever training tool which gives you feedback on your body rotation as you swim. Good body roll is one of the essentials of a great freestyle technique - it gives you a more efficient and more powerful stroke.
The Tech Toc utilises a ball bearing inside of a plastic capsule containing acoustical amplifiers at each end. As the swimmer rotates their hips while training, the ball hits each end of the capsule, providing the swimmer audible feedback on their hip rotation and movement. The device allows swimmers to hear, as well as feel the rhythm and pace of their stroke pattern and technique.
Swim Smooth's Opinion:
One of the most popular questions we hear when swimmers are developing their freestyle technique is "how much body roll is enough?" Most drills have swimmers rotating to between 75 and 90° order to exaggerate and learn this important aspect of freestyle. But should you roll 75-90° as you swim? No, you're looking for more like 45-60°.
But how do you know if you're achieving this without using a protractor to measure each and every stroke?! Solution: the Finis Tech Toc. This neat device ties around your waist with the comfortable waist strap and the large black tube which contains a weighted ball bearing aligned at the base of your spine. The ball bearing will only slide and give the unique "TOCK - TOCK - TOCK - TOCK" sound and feeling if you roll with good technique on each stroke. Ingenious!
The real power of the Tech Toc is that it gives you "live" feedback of how you are rotating on each and every stroke. If you don't rotate enough it won't 'tock' on that stroke. This allows you to experiment with your stroke and acts as a constant reminder to maintain your technique during longer swims.
A final tip: Make sure you have the Tech Toc fastened firmly around your waist - not so much that it restricts your breathing but nice and firm so that it doesn't slip. Some women with small waists find the Tech Toc sits better a little lower down over their hips.
SS Head Coach Paul Newsome Introduces The Finis Tech Toc:
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We are shipping orders from the UK to the United States as normal but have been informed by the Royal Mail of some new security measures that have been introduced by United States Homeland Security to all mail entering the United States. These measures may mean a small delay to your parcel arriving over the February period. Full details can be seen here.
We would like to appologise in advance if there is any delay to your parcel arriving but rest assured you will soon receive your delivery safe and sound.
We pride ourselves on great value shipping prices. If you have a large order, please contact our sales team for a precise shipping quote.
We ship all our products from the UK because the UK postal system offers fast and great value shipping to the rest of the world.
Typical delivery times:
UK: 2-5 days ¹ United States and Canada: 7-10 days ¹ EU Europe: 3-7 days ¹ Australia / New Zealand: 7-10 days ¹ Asia: 10-21 days ¹
¹ Typical delivery times which we work very hard to achieve for you. Delays are rare but we must allow 28 days before a claim is made against the suspected loss of a parcel.
Over the last decade we've shipped tens of thousands of packages to our customers in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. You can order from us safe in the knowledge that we have never left a single order unfullfilled anwhere in the world. We operate an extremely fast service and in the unlikely event we cannot send your parcel out on the next working day, we will inform you immediately by email.
If you have any questions about your order or our shipping policy, please contact our sales team.