I was looking at monofins today and came across the Finis Foil (which is inexpensive enough to just give it a try). The thing is - the advert talks about "The Foil Body Motion" as taught by Bob Gillette. I cant seem to find any reference to this technique outside of the sales materials for the monofin. Is this a real thing or merely sales propaganda? If real, can anyone point me to training or other reference materials?
Bill
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it seems to be less than efficient to practice kicking either on your back or on your side if your primary goal is improving butterfly. I do find that while simply kicking with a kickboard (face down) that my down kick is propulsive while the upward kick is not. .
It was rather recently that I noticed the same thing about my kick. (Weaker up kick) To the contrary of your first statement though. When I dolphin kick on my back I notice that I emphasize the "down" kick more (which is the up kick for butterfly). By working both on stomach and back sdk I work both beats of the kick and I've noticed a quantifyable difference in speed after doing so for a few weeks.
I do not believe in or use fins though...
it seems to be less than efficient to practice kicking either on your back or on your side if your primary goal is improving butterfly. I do find that while simply kicking with a kickboard (face down) that my down kick is propulsive while the upward kick is not. .
It was rather recently that I noticed the same thing about my kick. (Weaker up kick) To the contrary of your first statement though. When I dolphin kick on my back I notice that I emphasize the "down" kick more (which is the up kick for butterfly). By working both on stomach and back sdk I work both beats of the kick and I've noticed a quantifyable difference in speed after doing so for a few weeks.
I do not believe in or use fins though...
