I have been trying to learn how to do a decent front crawl. With the help of many Forum users I have made some progress improving the arm pull, kick and breathing - as separate elements of the total motion. I am having trouble synchronizing the kicks with the pulls. Right now I think I am just kicking at a fast, steady rate (probably too fast), whatever the arms are doing. It doesn't feel natural. At what points in the arm pull do the kicks occur?
Thanks, as ever, for your help.
BTW, I looked into the class that they have at my facility, but everybody is waaay too advanced (they work on diving in and flip turns - ack! - I'd probably drown).
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What I'm thinking is there should be a way to integrate the arms and legs by thinking "one-two-three-one-two-three" where each count is a kick, and each "one" is pegged to an aspect of the pull. Should each "one" count coincide with a catch, or the start of a pull (for instance)? And where do the up kicks and down kicks occur?
My guess is that nobody now reading this has ever had to map out their kicking process in this way: they just naturally fall into some kind of rhythm. Well, unfortunately, I seem to lack that facility. And not just in swimming either. My approach to everything is very left brained -- mechanical and analytical. My golf instructor once said "that's a great looking swing, but you missed the ball."
What I'm thinking is there should be a way to integrate the arms and legs by thinking "one-two-three-one-two-three" where each count is a kick, and each "one" is pegged to an aspect of the pull. Should each "one" count coincide with a catch, or the start of a pull (for instance)? And where do the up kicks and down kicks occur?
My guess is that nobody now reading this has ever had to map out their kicking process in this way: they just naturally fall into some kind of rhythm. Well, unfortunately, I seem to lack that facility. And not just in swimming either. My approach to everything is very left brained -- mechanical and analytical. My golf instructor once said "that's a great looking swing, but you missed the ball."
