Enough with the SDK!

One thing that I learned a while back was that my SDK was not as fast as my fly or free but faster than my backstroke by far. My SDK have greatly improved over the last few months by practicing them and they are now about as fast as my normal swim when i timed my SDK for a 25. One thing that helped me improve was that I decided to SDK off every wall at every practice unless it was *** stroke. Now when I do it, I’m underwater and I’m watching people swim beside me while I am still kicking, Especially on SDK on my back. As for kicking off the wall faster than swimming, I don’t think that really tells you how fast your SDK is. For example, I can just launch myself off the wall in a streamline to the 7ishmark and pretty much stay with the person next to me and most people don’t really go way out to the 10 or 15 that often. I think that you have to time yourself doing SDK per 25 and look at the variations in time per 5 yards or meters. I think what slows most people down is that when they try to do SDK, they haven’t practiced it and aren't doing it correctly and are really just creating drag, maybe they just don't have the needed core strength, or their feet aren't flexible enough or large enough to provide any kicking momentum.

One thing that I learned a while back was that my SDK was not as fast as my fly or free but faster than my backstroke by far. My SDK have greatly improved over the last few months by practicing them and they are now about as fast as my normal swim when i timed my SDK for a 25. One thing that helped me improve was that I decided to SDK off every wall at every practice unless it was *** stroke. Now when I do it, I’m underwater and I’m watching people swim beside me while I am still kicking, Especially on SDK on my back. As for kicking off the wall faster than swimming, I don’t think that really tells you how fast your SDK is. For example, I can just launch myself off the wall in a streamline to the 7ishmark and pretty much stay with the person next to me and most people don’t really go way out to the 10 or 15 that often. I think that you have to time yourself doing SDK per 25 and look at the variations in time per 5 yards or meters. I think what slows most people down is that when they try to do SDK, they haven’t practiced it and aren't doing it correctly and are really just creating drag, maybe they just don't have the needed core strength, or their feet aren't flexible enough or large enough to provide any kicking momentum.