thanks to all who helped me on the 500 by giving me suggestions! I got a 7:02 on my friday meet. Anyways, I have been told several times that I don't kick. Basically, my feet just drag behind as if they were lifeless. Whenever I think about kicking I do it for a while and when I even lose a little concentration my feet stop. I don't feel like my kick goes together with my stroke, it's as if my kick slows me down. why could this be? What can I do to correct this?? Thanks for any help.
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If you have little ankle flexibility your kick may not be providing any propulsion and is basically just a waste of energy. To combat this you need to work on your flexibility, one of the exercises that will help is sitting on your feet.
To find out if this is really your problem, try kicking flutter kick on a kickboard. If it takes you more than say 70 or 80 seconds then ankle flexibility is probably your problem.
If you have little ankle flexibility your kick may not be providing any propulsion and is basically just a waste of energy. To combat this you need to work on your flexibility, one of the exercises that will help is sitting on your feet.
To find out if this is really your problem, try kicking flutter kick on a kickboard. If it takes you more than say 70 or 80 seconds then ankle flexibility is probably your problem.
