I usually do some kicking every w/o, sometimes with fins and sometimes without. I considered myself a decent kicker. However, I recently added kicking with a board. To my great annoyance I am pretty lame with the board. I began carefully observing swimmers who are good board kickers. They appear to be kicking in an unnatural position. They are high in the water and some seem to be lying on the board.Does this really help ones kicking when part of the full stroke? I prefer kicking with a front snorkel. Is this not more like the real free kick when integrated into the full stroke?
Kicking with a board is faster and lets you talk to your friends.
On some teams/clubs/etc they will have "social kick sets". They never made a lot of sense to me, as I could never keep up with my teammates, no matter how "socially" they were kicking. In the past year or two, I've dispensed with the board altogether. I like it because it puts my body in a more correct/streamlined position. I'm also somewhat antisocial when swimming, so it gives me a good excuse to have my head in the water and not chit chat. ;)
Kicking with a board is faster and lets you talk to your friends.
On some teams/clubs/etc they will have "social kick sets". They never made a lot of sense to me, as I could never keep up with my teammates, no matter how "socially" they were kicking. In the past year or two, I've dispensed with the board altogether. I like it because it puts my body in a more correct/streamlined position. I'm also somewhat antisocial when swimming, so it gives me a good excuse to have my head in the water and not chit chat. ;)
