Do distance swimmers spend less time w/kicking workouts

There's alot of drills that emphasize the kick yet also stress other aspects such as balance and streamline. One such drill is the streamline flutter kick barrel roll drill (SFKBRD). Start off flutter kicking with arms at fwd streamline. Then, to take a breath you just roll on to your back (inhale), keep rolling to return to the belly. I do 25M with 4 CCW rolls then return going CW. These blast the legs since it's your sole propulsion but also teach streamline roll, balance, and rhythm. One rhetorical question to add, if a drop dead distance swimmer was forced to swim 25M AFAP (or else), would he 2-beat kick it?

There's alot of drills that emphasize the kick yet also stress other aspects such as balance and streamline. One such drill is the streamline flutter kick barrel roll drill (SFKBRD). Start off flutter kicking with arms at fwd streamline. Then, to take a breath you just roll on to your back (inhale), keep rolling to return to the belly. I do 25M with 4 CCW rolls then return going CW. These blast the legs since it's your sole propulsion but also teach streamline roll, balance, and rhythm. One rhetorical question to add, if a drop dead distance swimmer was forced to swim 25M AFAP (or else), would he 2-beat kick it?