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?
What do you think? Are you starting to kick faster without fins or not? I'd say if your kick times are not improving then maybe the Zoomers aren't helping.
Good question! Depends on the day, of course - But generally, fly kick has not improved (was always fairly good) but flutter most definitely has improved. (BTW - that question was way too insightful - wasn't sure I was up to really examining myself!) However, I have also noticed that my fly itself (whole stroke) definitely improves when I do a few fly drills w/zoomers prior to a fly set. Not so with freestyle.
What do you think? Are you starting to kick faster without fins or not? I'd say if your kick times are not improving then maybe the Zoomers aren't helping.
Good question! Depends on the day, of course - But generally, fly kick has not improved (was always fairly good) but flutter most definitely has improved. (BTW - that question was way too insightful - wasn't sure I was up to really examining myself!) However, I have also noticed that my fly itself (whole stroke) definitely improves when I do a few fly drills w/zoomers prior to a fly set. Not so with freestyle.
