Sore shoulders from kicking with a kick board

I like the board for kicking too, but I have to use it with a snorkel

If someone wants a very small kick board, here's another option: Sporti has a "hybrid pull kickboard". It's a tiny kickboard that is shaped, front and back, to also be a pull buoy. I borrowed one a couple of days ago, and thought is was fine as a small kickboard. It's stream lined, so would be good for side or underwater kicking, as well as normal kicking. And it really is small for a kickboard. But as a pull buoy, I didn't like it much. Maybe because I'm short (5'4") and have relatively short legs besides, but it was a little too long for me (though I could use it) and the shape was such that I had to think more than I wanted to about not losing it when I flip turned. As a test, I kicked a couple laps with my Finis pull buoy. It had just a little more buoyancy than the Sporti hybird, but would be really bad at stream lined kicking on my side or underwater. But it was fine as a small kickboard for "normal" kicking. I thought the hybrid kick board/pull buoy was a great idea, even though I don't like this one enough as a pull buoy to buy one. I expect a lot a people (who are taller than me) will love it.

The only time I would miss the board is in so-called "social" kick sets, but since I'm antisocial, that's no problem either. :)

As a swim coach of 34 HS seasons and in Masters for 29 years, I do not use a kick board. I feel if you want to work on your kick , why are you artificially holding up your body in a non streamline position to hold something? You can also work your turns with proper turns in all strokes without that thing in your hands. Try just kicking to help the shoulders.

I used to have a kick board like this, but I gave it away to a buddy of mine who wanted to start swimming. I liked the "handles" at the bottom of the kick board. This type of kick board gives you a lot of options on how to grasp it while swimming. poolandspawarehouse.com.au/aquaria-champion-kick-board-swim-training-aid-exerciser-aqua-cell-foam-technology.html

dear Mr. McRib(let) take up full contact checkers or chess or with you being a national champion backstroker, i thought maybe you would already know to simply kick on your back! jeez gotta tell you youngsters everything! sincerely, gasping from a lake at 6300 feet

Because of the shoulder strain,and the fact that using a kick board moves you into an unstreamlined position, I almost never use one. Instead I kick using my snorkel. I stopped using a kick board for the same reason; however, I don't use a snorkel either. Kicking with my face in the water and having one arm in front allows me to work on both my breathing and rotation (when I turn to breathe). Besides, I like to listen to the sound of the bubbles when I breathe out my mouth and nose; it relaxes me. :agree: dear Mr. McRib(let) take up full contact checkers or chess or with you being a national champion backstroker, i thought maybe you would already know to simply kick on your back! jeez gotta tell you youngsters everything! sincerely, gasping from a lake at 6300 feet :hijack: Sunruh, I thought of you and your Blue Bell addiction when we were on our 47-day road trip. We had Hershey Ice Cream (no relation to Hershey Chocolate, and the company is older, too- 1894,), and we both thought it was better than Blue Bell. Have you ever tried it? Check it out when you're if you are ever in the northeast. The "Moose Tracks" flavor is AWESOME! :bliss:

i did a little kicking and swimming down south...the deep SOUTH little did i know that they dont have any oxygen that far south and turned into a fish out of water gasping for air the entire time. i did manage to have some ice cream while i was there....not close to even the mid-grade ice creams (dryers, hagendas....) here in the usa but it served its purpose. the flavors were....well not what i associate with chocolate or mocha or ... anything. lol. moose tracks usually has peanuts...pass...i go for real nuts grown from a tree not fake nuts grown in the dirt. as we all grow older (dang nabbit!!!!) we have to learn how our bodies re-act to all this overhead arm use. if it hurts change what you do or dont do it at all. shoulder injuries (unfortunately now im an expert on them) can kind of ruin the whole training/racing aspect of swimming. i use a kickboard that has been sawed in 2/3rds length wise. it floats just enough to keep me barely above the water but not exert upward pressure on my shoulders. and i kick with my face in the water and use a finis snorkle. everyone is unique and they need to find what works for them. the McRib is "unique" in so many ways...he has some bionic parts in his shoulder as well. Primer Lugar Since I did not swim in Colombia a mile above sea level I will be the first to ask, what's the big deal? It's not like you swam any tough races like the 200 fly, 200 free, 400 free, open water? Hang on a second that's exactly what you did!!!! I am not sure about eating nuts in ice cream you are nuts doing that lineup. The craziest part is you won everything you swam in and swum some great times for sea level swims let alone altitude swims. You are a little Ewok but you are a very very fast little Ewok my friend. :bow:

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i did a little kicking and swimming down south...the deep SOUTH little did i know that they dont have any oxygen that far south and turned into a fish out of water gasping for air the entire time. i did manage to have some ice cream while i was there....not close to even the mid-grade ice creams (dryers, hagendas....) here in the usa but it served its purpose. the flavors were....well not what i associate with chocolate or mocha or ... anything. lol. moose tracks usually has peanuts...pass...i go for real nuts grown from a tree not fake nuts grown in the dirt. as we all grow older (dang nabbit!!!!) we have to learn how our bodies re-act to all this overhead arm use. if it hurts change what you do or dont do it at all. shoulder injuries (unfortunately now im an expert on them) can kind of ruin the whole training/racing aspect of swimming. i use a kickboard that has been sawed in 2/3rds length wise. it floats just enough to keep me barely above the water but not exert upward pressure on my shoulders. and i kick with my face in the water and use a finis snorkle. everyone is unique and they need to find what works for them. the McRib is "unique" in so many ways...he has some bionic parts in his shoulder as well. Primer Lugar