Kicking is essential to swimming.
If you want to swim fast, you need to kick fast.
With a board, without a board,
With fins, without fins.
While swimming or just kicking.
Consider improving your kick.
We need speed.
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Has anyone done this challenge or planning to do it?
how'd it go? We have till Monday Dec 31st
I've trained a little for it. Had a few trial runs.
1st attempt: 5:32 (1:23 ave) (did it shortly after a a pretty hard 500 FR 5:15)
2nd attempt: 5:24 (1:21 ave)
pretty sure I can go faster
From Dec 1st - Dec 31st USMS now offers the
400 Kick for Time Postal challenge.
Description:
A fun postal event to encourage all swimmers to improve their kick. Prizes will be awarded to the top three swimmers in each age group in the 400 Kick for Time. Swimmers may kick any stroke or combination of strokes as long as they are holding a kickboard.
Rules:
1. Must use a kickboard.
2. No "stroking" into wall.
3. No flip turns.
4. You may do the 400 Kick for Time in any 25 yard length pool.
5. Must be completed between December 1 and 31, 2012.
6. Entry must be submitted online or received by mail by January 17, 2013.
7. Swimmers who change age groups during the event may enter and pay twice, but must kick the event twice, once in each age group.
8. One watch per swimmer.
9. Short Course Yards times only.
10. No fins allowed.
Online Entry Form
Has anyone done this challenge or planning to do it?
how'd it go? We have till Monday Dec 31st
I've trained a little for it. Had a few trial runs.
1st attempt: 5:32 (1:23 ave) (did it shortly after a a pretty hard 500 FR 5:15)
2nd attempt: 5:24 (1:21 ave)
pretty sure I can go faster
From Dec 1st - Dec 31st USMS now offers the
400 Kick for Time Postal challenge.
Description:
A fun postal event to encourage all swimmers to improve their kick. Prizes will be awarded to the top three swimmers in each age group in the 400 Kick for Time. Swimmers may kick any stroke or combination of strokes as long as they are holding a kickboard.
Rules:
1. Must use a kickboard.
2. No "stroking" into wall.
3. No flip turns.
4. You may do the 400 Kick for Time in any 25 yard length pool.
5. Must be completed between December 1 and 31, 2012.
6. Entry must be submitted online or received by mail by January 17, 2013.
7. Swimmers who change age groups during the event may enter and pay twice, but must kick the event twice, once in each age group.
8. One watch per swimmer.
9. Short Course Yards times only.
10. No fins allowed.
Online Entry Form
