Do distance swimmers spend less time w/kicking workouts

An easy answer to that question would be to ask Laura Val how much she kicks, (she broke the WR in the 50 and the 1500,and all distances between, in the same race.) I think, if you are going to do a comparative analysis, you want someone who was a TT sprinter (or distance) in one season, switched focus and was TT in the new discipline. You cannot train for distance and sprint in the same season. Laura's feat is because she is a BA, not because she trained for the 50 and 1500 (which isn't possible). I was TT in the 50 6-7 years ago, switched disciplines completely and was TT in the 1500 last year. I was not talented enough so that I could have made TT in the 1500 6-7 years ago and I certainly could not put up a TT time in the 50 now. In short I kick less now than before. I don't think I can now kick in yards what I kicked in meters 6 years ago even though my overall conditioning is better. Mostly because Kirk is right, I try and squeeze XXX yards into XXX minutes and know that I can only do it if I don't kick (yesterday I did a 400 warmup and 6x600s. Probably a stupid set now that I think about it). Maybe a kicking boot camp is in order. I really like this idea. This is a good thread. It exposed a couple of the weaknesses in my own training...

An easy answer to that question would be to ask Laura Val how much she kicks, (she broke the WR in the 50 and the 1500,and all distances between, in the same race.) I think, if you are going to do a comparative analysis, you want someone who was a TT sprinter (or distance) in one season, switched focus and was TT in the new discipline. You cannot train for distance and sprint in the same season. Laura's feat is because she is a BA, not because she trained for the 50 and 1500 (which isn't possible). I was TT in the 50 6-7 years ago, switched disciplines completely and was TT in the 1500 last year. I was not talented enough so that I could have made TT in the 1500 6-7 years ago and I certainly could not put up a TT time in the 50 now. In short I kick less now than before. I don't think I can now kick in yards what I kicked in meters 6 years ago even though my overall conditioning is better. Mostly because Kirk is right, I try and squeeze XXX yards into XXX minutes and know that I can only do it if I don't kick (yesterday I did a 400 warmup and 6x600s. Probably a stupid set now that I think about it). Maybe a kicking boot camp is in order. I really like this idea. This is a good thread. It exposed a couple of the weaknesses in my own training...