I decided to get back into swimming after not swimming seriously for 30 years. Right now, I'm trying to figure out where my weaknesses are, time-wise, but my times don't make sense to me. Freestyle and backstroke have always been my fastest strokes. Butterfly has always been my weakest and *** stroke my slowest. I'm not concerned about my *** stroke right now but today, I discovered that my fly kick is significantly faster than my freestyle kick - like by 8 seconds in 25yds. I find this very weird, especially considering that I'm pigeon toed, making it impossible for me to keep my feet together during the fly kick. I would think that at the very least, my freestyle kick would be as fast as my fly, but not slower. Is this normal? I think there's something seriously wrong with my flutter and whatever is wrong, it's not related to drag (I've already ruled out drag).
When I coached HS swimmers- a kid would walk to me & ask what stroke they should work on - I would look down at the feet. Pigeon toed is good for fly, back & free cuz that is the way your body is already bulit, which will make learning breaststroke more of a challenge.
... my fly kick is significantly faster than my freestyle kick ... Is this normal?
This is entirely normal. Witness: Elite swimmers do not flutter off the wall, they dolphin off the wall.
This is entirely normal. Witness: Elite swimmers do not flutter off the wall, they dolphin off the wall.
Although 8 seconds for a 25 might not be normal. That's a pretty big difference!
Although 8 seconds for a 25 might not be normal. That's a pretty big difference!
Physicists work to the accuracy of several decimals,
Chemists to the nearest log unit;
Biologists just try to get the sign right.
Biologists just try to get the sign right.
Do microbiologists fall in this category?
So other than drag, what are some common causes of a slow free kick?Have you had someone look at your flutter kicking?
Have you had someone look at your flutter kicking?
My fitness trainer has but unfortunately, swimming isn't his specialty (he's a strength trainer) so the only thing he had to say about it was, "You swim better than I do."
I got a paid membership to the USM a few days ago and I'm not sure how it works yet. I guess now would be a good time to contact my LMSC to find out what I've gotten myself into and, hopefully, whatever it is I've gotten myself into includes getting an assessment somewhere.
