Can someone explain to me the differences in the Kicking Rhythms? I feel that my kick is not consistent and is really holding me back. I feel like w the pull buoy I can swim all day but once I add in the kick I tire a lot quicker. Maybe this is common for everyone.
vo2 - the "tip of the whip" image and the sense of the arm being "passive" and "along for the ride" is really good. Converting your pitching analogy back into the pool, you're saying your arms feel just that passive while swimming (or at least throughout the recovery phase, which is what I assume you mean)? That would be a big change for me. And does that feeling of "along for the ride" change when sprinting - as in, you just increase the rotation of the core and the arm still remains relatively passive even when sprinting?
And since we are not on solid ground, instead of remaining anchored, like while pitching, the legs will want to twist the opposite way, like when spiking a volleyball. But in order to do more than a two-beat (i.e., legs just going along for the ride and being yet another tip of the whip), it seems you would have to exert more control over the movement of the legs? Or can a 6-beat kick somehow fit in with the natural movement generated from the core?
Maybe I'm over-thinking - but if there's a simple answer...? In any case, I do get the overall picture: torque generated from the core/hip movement, transmitted to the limbs. Good stuff.
vo2 - the "tip of the whip" image and the sense of the arm being "passive" and "along for the ride" is really good. Converting your pitching analogy back into the pool, you're saying your arms feel just that passive while swimming (or at least throughout the recovery phase, which is what I assume you mean)? That would be a big change for me. And does that feeling of "along for the ride" change when sprinting - as in, you just increase the rotation of the core and the arm still remains relatively passive even when sprinting?
And since we are not on solid ground, instead of remaining anchored, like while pitching, the legs will want to twist the opposite way, like when spiking a volleyball. But in order to do more than a two-beat (i.e., legs just going along for the ride and being yet another tip of the whip), it seems you would have to exert more control over the movement of the legs? Or can a 6-beat kick somehow fit in with the natural movement generated from the core?
Maybe I'm over-thinking - but if there's a simple answer...? In any case, I do get the overall picture: torque generated from the core/hip movement, transmitted to the limbs. Good stuff.
