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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com 1) I have real questions about people who don't kick. It used to be that people thought that kicking only helped to maintain balance. Now many believe that kicking can add 10% or more forward movement. what is your reasoning for not kicking. 2) I have a question to others who want both arms above the shoulder line. How do you maintain a good roll? Most people I talk with stress a very"deep' hip roll when they do a TI technique. That seems not very possible. \ Both are reasonable questions. Why do I not kick sometimes? Mostly to check on my balance and sometimes to conserve energy. Poor plantar flexion can result in a kick that produces propulsion in the opposite direction!! I don't have that problem but my kick is nothing to write home about. As I said, stopping my kick allows me to see how well balanced I am and it also allows me to be much more relaxed. Just as with people who use pull buoys but I do it without a pull buoy. I suspect that 10% or less of my swimming is done without a kick. Most of the time I am trying to maintain a 2 beat kick. How do I maintain a good roll? When I complete my recovery and drive my hand foreward into the water that intitiates a roll that is carried out by my core body. I do not roll to the extent that TI suggests as I have found it to be counter productive in my stroke. I roll just enough to allow a high elbow recovery without moving my elbow too far past my scapular plane (essentially my back).

Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com 1) I have real questions about people who don't kick. It used to be that people thought that kicking only helped to maintain balance. Now many believe that kicking can add 10% or more forward movement. what is your reasoning for not kicking. 2) I have a question to others who want both arms above the shoulder line. How do you maintain a good roll? Most people I talk with stress a very"deep' hip roll when they do a TI technique. That seems not very possible. \ Both are reasonable questions. Why do I not kick sometimes? Mostly to check on my balance and sometimes to conserve energy. Poor plantar flexion can result in a kick that produces propulsion in the opposite direction!! I don't have that problem but my kick is nothing to write home about. As I said, stopping my kick allows me to see how well balanced I am and it also allows me to be much more relaxed. Just as with people who use pull buoys but I do it without a pull buoy. I suspect that 10% or less of my swimming is done without a kick. Most of the time I am trying to maintain a 2 beat kick. How do I maintain a good roll? When I complete my recovery and drive my hand foreward into the water that intitiates a roll that is carried out by my core body. I do not roll to the extent that TI suggests as I have found it to be counter productive in my stroke. I roll just enough to allow a high elbow recovery without moving my elbow too far past my scapular plane (essentially my back).