Hi all,
It's so funny--sometimes I see people at the pool who really go at it with the kickboard...and then other people wouldn't touch one if their life depended upon it.
I'll admit, I don't use one--mainly becuase I'm impatient, feel like I'm not going anywhere, and am a purist to a fault sometimes.
But, if you think that it's worthwhile, I would incoporate it, all for the sake of improvement.
The great questions are:
Will training with a kickboard make me a better, faster, super awesome swimmer?
And, if you train with one--why? Or, why not?
Thanks everybody (you know you're my outlet!)
JoAnne -aka, Jerrycat ;)
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Just to further confuse everyone, 'Magaschilo' in the book 'Swimming Fastest' does not like to emphasise the upbeat of the kick. He feels that this drops the hips and creates extra drag.
'Rick DeMont' in the chapter 'Freestyle Technique' in "the swim coaching bible" does advocate emphasising the upbeat. Preferring to have the "weak kick", the upbeat, to be strengthened to more closely match the "strong kick", the downbeat.
I feel that having the muscle strength of the back of the legs close to that of the Quadriceps must be a good thing.
However I am not sure how much muscle force to put into the upbeat. Should it be a relaxed movement or a strong movement. I can see pros and cons to both arguments and I do not see a definite answer in the literature.
The info in "Swimming Fastest" and Colwins "Breakthrough Swimming" is making me re-evaluate a lot of my beliefs , but I need to see how it works in practice. You never stop learning !
Just to further confuse everyone, 'Magaschilo' in the book 'Swimming Fastest' does not like to emphasise the upbeat of the kick. He feels that this drops the hips and creates extra drag.
'Rick DeMont' in the chapter 'Freestyle Technique' in "the swim coaching bible" does advocate emphasising the upbeat. Preferring to have the "weak kick", the upbeat, to be strengthened to more closely match the "strong kick", the downbeat.
I feel that having the muscle strength of the back of the legs close to that of the Quadriceps must be a good thing.
However I am not sure how much muscle force to put into the upbeat. Should it be a relaxed movement or a strong movement. I can see pros and cons to both arguments and I do not see a definite answer in the literature.
The info in "Swimming Fastest" and Colwins "Breakthrough Swimming" is making me re-evaluate a lot of my beliefs , but I need to see how it works in practice. You never stop learning !
