Do distance swimmers spend less time w/kicking workouts
Former Member
Just curious if sprinters spend more time kicking as a percentage of their overall workouts compared to distance swimmers? Can and do distance swimmers have to spend less time?
No.
Chris, Paul, Rob are ALL correct -- modern distance swimmers kick hard and a strong 6 beat kick is almost required for success these days. One of the few exceptions on the scene now is Ryan Cochrane of Canada, who swims more of an 'old school' stroke. This old fart was trained in the 70s and 80s where we believed things about freestyle and distance swimming that have been since debunked, such as:
Look forward and have the water line just above your goggles, and
Distance swimmers can only 2 beat kick
As an even older fart, I trained in the '60s with a 6-beat kick throughout the distance events.
No.
Chris, Paul, Rob are ALL correct -- modern distance swimmers kick hard and a strong 6 beat kick is almost required for success these days. One of the few exceptions on the scene now is Ryan Cochrane of Canada, who swims more of an 'old school' stroke. This old fart was trained in the 70s and 80s where we believed things about freestyle and distance swimming that have been since debunked, such as:
Look forward and have the water line just above your goggles, and
Distance swimmers can only 2 beat kick
As an even older fart, I trained in the '60s with a 6-beat kick throughout the distance events.
