I have two questions.
1)When someone refers to 2 beat or 6 beat for a kick, is that per stroke or is that per two strokes (left arm, then right arm)?
2)It may just be me, but it seems impossible to count my kicks if I am trying to keep track of how many are in one stroke. It's like when people can pat their head while rubbing their stomach in circles...Is there another way to count the "beats" or do you have to be some citizen of waterworld?
I think there is a connection between this discussion and the one on swimming golf. I agree that six beat kicking is the future for distance swimmers, but for sprinters a ten beat kick is a must. I've got lots of undrwater tapes of great sprinters (e.g. Anthony Irvin) and they are all using ten beat kicks.
The connection with swimming golf is, at least for me, the power and tempo of the kick makes all the difference. With a six beat kick I'm comfortable averaging a score of 64 (27 strokes, 37 seconds) for 10 x 50 meters (SC) on the minute. However, if I turbo up the kick to 10 per stroke cycle I can score 58 (28 strokes and 30 seconds). I can't hold this on a minute interval, but it shows me how important the kick is. My stroke count only went up by one, but my time dropped by 7 seconds.
I think there is a connection between this discussion and the one on swimming golf. I agree that six beat kicking is the future for distance swimmers, but for sprinters a ten beat kick is a must. I've got lots of undrwater tapes of great sprinters (e.g. Anthony Irvin) and they are all using ten beat kicks.
The connection with swimming golf is, at least for me, the power and tempo of the kick makes all the difference. With a six beat kick I'm comfortable averaging a score of 64 (27 strokes, 37 seconds) for 10 x 50 meters (SC) on the minute. However, if I turbo up the kick to 10 per stroke cycle I can score 58 (28 strokes and 30 seconds). I can't hold this on a minute interval, but it shows me how important the kick is. My stroke count only went up by one, but my time dropped by 7 seconds.
