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
Kicking is essential to swimming.
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What did you do in practice today?
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kick set was
8x(50 swim IMO/1:00 + 50 kick/1:00)
'been out of the pool for almost two weeks due to illness.
I was slow and definitely was wishing I had not eaten such a big lunch, but it's better than the no kicking that I have been doing for nearly two weeks.
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'd never heard of this postal event. When was it added?
One question. It says:
2. No "stroking" into wall.
Do you just kick until your board bumps the wall, then turn?
Swimmers who change age groups during the event may enter and pay twice, but must kick the event twice, once in each age group.
What if I begin kicking at 11:58pm right before my birthday begins at midnight, thus completing it at a different age than when I began? What if two twins, who were born 6 minutes apart, begin kicking at ok I'll stop now
What did you do in practice today?
8x25m on :30 interval
1,3,5,7 on back 8 hard SDK, then streamline surfaced flutter on back
2,4,6,8 on front 8 hard SDK then streamline surfaced flutter on front
I've found that for me it's equally important to work hard SDK on front AND back. I tend to put more emphasis on whatever is the downward beat of the kick.
:)
My workout was only 800m total today as a cooldown after the weight room.
What did you do in practice today?
1x500m warm-up
Flutter kick (boardless, snorkel)
20x25m on 1:00
30 minutes
Not sure what type of kick set this is - lactate production maybe? I also have no idear what distance this workout will help me with.
Nevertheless, the first few were about 90% effort to the wall. But then-on it started feeling like 95% and furthermore my legs filled up with lead on last 5m of each one making the final bit feel like 100%.
If I did 25m for time it would be about 18 high (no board)
I will do a speedy one tomorrow like 10 second balls to the walls
All flutter kick with a board in a 25y pool:
2x25 on :25
2x50 on :50
2x75 on 1:15
2x100 on 1:40
2x125 on 2:05
2x150 on 2:30
2x175 on 2:55
2x200 on 3:20
Wasn't very impressed with how I did. I was trying to hold a 1:30 pace or faster per 100, but started slipping on the second 150. Held a 1:34/1:35 pace for the rest of the set.
I'm a far cry from my old 1000 kick for time average pace of 1:27!!
I'd never heard of this postal event. When was it added?
One question. It says:
2. No "stroking" into wall.
Do you just kick until your board bumps the wall, then turn?
I sent this email to Marcia:
Hi Marcia,
On the
400 kick for Time
Consider requiring counters/timers to use a split sheet & for kickers to include their 50 splits along with their final times
Please clarify the rule:
"2. No stroking into the wall"
On turns, are kickers allowed to redirect their boards before they touch the wall?
On more rules consider specifying
no pulling on lane lines
One or 2 kickers per lane
if there are 2, they must split the lane
Ande Rasmussen
Sent from my iPhone
Her reply:
Thanks for the feedback, Ande. Unfortunately it's too late to change the wording, as I've already received several entries. But I hope I can clarify this for you.
Yes, you can redirect your board. You just can't pull through the water with one arm before you get to a wall. That's what most people would define as "stroking" so I hope it's obvious to everyone. *Good idea on the rest. I'll include it next year.
Good luck!
Marcia
