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?
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Originally posted by Rich Abrahams
. 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.
Are you sure you counted right?I watched quite a few underwater videos myself(in slow motion) and never saw 10-beats.I watched Alexander Popov underwater slowmotion pictures and he does 6 beats.Did anyone else ever hear about a 10-beat kick?
