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
Parents
Former Member
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
I involuntarily did it yesterday. I've always disliked kicking due to ankles of stone. However, my "stable" ankles enable me to run much better than most swimmers can. I did a vigorous 12 mile run Tuesday, then coach ambushed us Wednesday AM with the 400 kick. I did a 7:13, which is quite good for me.
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
I involuntarily did it yesterday. I've always disliked kicking due to ankles of stone. However, my "stable" ankles enable me to run much better than most swimmers can. I did a vigorous 12 mile run Tuesday, then coach ambushed us Wednesday AM with the 400 kick. I did a 7:13, which is quite good for me.
