Guys, I seem to kick pretty fast without a board but when I swim at max speed or close to that speed I can't seem to kick like that. My legs drop in the water. I can't kick out of the water which I believe is very much essential to sprinting fast. I believe you guys can help my with this problem. Here's a video of me kicking at a moderate pace without board. I used two strokes in the end and you can see that as soon as I started to stroke my legs dropped :
Kicking 25m without board at moderate speed. - YouTube
So what is the solution to this problem ? HOW can I connect that without board kick with my full stroke swimming which I believe will make me a lot faster sprinter. Thanx in advance to you all.......................
THANX TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES but I didn't get any suggestions on how to coordinate my arms and legs during the sprint. I am eagerly looking forward to some................................. Thanx again.There's a good drill I learned this summer that will help you with this and I'll describe it to you. It works better in a long course pool, but maybe you can adapt it to short course.
We did 25m kick strong with a snorkel and no board, similar to your video. At the 25m mark keep the kick strong but add your arms at a strong pace for the 2nd 25m, keeping your kick at the same intensity and merge into a 6 beat kick. Do 8-10 50s on whatever interval you like. This drill is magic, no lie- I don't know of another drill that integrates your kick so effectively.
In a short course pool, maybe start with no push off of the wall and start swimming at the 15m mark. I haven't tried that variant but will do so sometime this week. Hope this helps.
THANX TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES but I didn't get any suggestions on how to coordinate my arms and legs during the sprint. I am eagerly looking forward to some................................. Thanx again.There's a good drill I learned this summer that will help you with this and I'll describe it to you. It works better in a long course pool, but maybe you can adapt it to short course.
We did 25m kick strong with a snorkel and no board, similar to your video. At the 25m mark keep the kick strong but add your arms at a strong pace for the 2nd 25m, keeping your kick at the same intensity and merge into a 6 beat kick. Do 8-10 50s on whatever interval you like. This drill is magic, no lie- I don't know of another drill that integrates your kick so effectively.
In a short course pool, maybe start with no push off of the wall and start swimming at the 15m mark. I haven't tried that variant but will do so sometime this week. Hope this helps.
