As previously stated in other posts I'm a "newer" swimmer in respect to trying to get better at it.....My kick is awful. I've been working on ankle flexibility out of the water and doing kick drills with and without fins.....although I'm getting better, I'm still so slow on the kicking.....will it eventually come around as my body gets stronger and more flexible in the right places? I've only been seriously trying for about 60 days, so I recognize more time is needed.....
follow my advice in: Help-My-Flutter-Kick-is-Horrible!
forums.usms.org/showthread.php When I took up the challenge mentioned within this thread, my freestyle kick immediately improved, also with confirmed improvements in 50/100 swimming times. It was simple, every so often when well rested I would kick time trial 25/50/100, log, then try to improve it the next week. Started off with huge improvements, like 4 seconds/25m, then eventually was down to 10ths, at which time video was needed for accuracy. Think I’ll start another baseline to work on now to see where I'm at, and also make workouts more interesting.
Optimal kicking I learned was also about technique and movement. A good drill for this is one leg kicking while counting kick beats and adding the time for a score
follow my advice in: Help-My-Flutter-Kick-is-Horrible!
forums.usms.org/showthread.php When I took up the challenge mentioned within this thread, my freestyle kick immediately improved, also with confirmed improvements in 50/100 swimming times. It was simple, every so often when well rested I would kick time trial 25/50/100, log, then try to improve it the next week. Started off with huge improvements, like 4 seconds/25m, then eventually was down to 10ths, at which time video was needed for accuracy. Think I’ll start another baseline to work on now to see where I'm at, and also make workouts more interesting.
Optimal kicking I learned was also about technique and movement. A good drill for this is one leg kicking while counting kick beats and adding the time for a score
