I have trouble keep my hips high up at the water. I think it is mainly because of my kicks. My flutter kicks are also sometimes irregular such as when i kick at the right, only my right leg kicks at the right, my left leg is either dead or kicking flat. I remember hearing that when you see a swimmer high up in the water ( hips visible) , you know that guy is swimming very fast.
So i want to concentrate on my flutter kicking as it is such a HUGE factor in swimming. Now i seen some posts from internet that kick board kicking only improves endurance and not speed. Is that true or there are some drills which helps kicking?
I like kicking with no board with my head facing down (as I would when swimming) and doing one of these variations:
Both arms at my hips, focusing on staying straight and just rotating my head to breath, but keeping my body with shoulders in a line perpendicular to the bottom of the pool,
Same as #1, but focusing on using a strong propulsive kick to rotate my body from side to side
Variant of #1 but with bottom arm out-stretched, focusing on keeping that arm straight (e.g., if my left shoulder is up, my right arm is stretched out and I breathe to my left)
I like kicking with no board with my head facing down (as I would when swimming) and doing one of these variations:
Both arms at my hips, focusing on staying straight and just rotating my head to breath, but keeping my body with shoulders in a line perpendicular to the bottom of the pool,
Same as #1, but focusing on using a strong propulsive kick to rotate my body from side to side
Variant of #1 but with bottom arm out-stretched, focusing on keeping that arm straight (e.g., if my left shoulder is up, my right arm is stretched out and I breathe to my left)
