So I have a problem: one of my legs is significantly weaker than the other. I think I've always known this, but swimming really made me aware of it because whenever I do a kicking session with a kickboard, I always drift to one side of the lane and usually end up hitting the pool wall or lane divider.
This happens with flutter kick, frog kick, and scissor kick and it's my left leg that's the weaker of the two. It's gotten to the point where I'm getting hip strain in my right hip from my right leg picking up all the slack. How do I isolate the left leg to make it stronger in the water? Maybe wear a small fin on that leg?
One of the drills we do in practice is to wear a paddle on one side and a fin on the opposite side. We usually start out with the paddle on the strong side arm and fin on the weak side leg and then swap out. It feels a bit odd at first, but is good at addressing your weaknesses, balancing your stroke and engaging your core.
Excellent, thank you Mark! Will definitely give this a try.
One of the drills we do in practice is to wear a paddle on one side and a fin on the opposite side. We usually start out with the paddle on the strong side arm and fin on the weak side leg and then swap out. It feels a bit odd at first, but is good at addressing your weaknesses, balancing your stroke and engaging your core.
Excellent, thank you Mark! Will definitely give this a try.
