Personally, I think kickboards are evil, evil, evil. When I was swimming 20 years ago in high school I didn't see the point, and now that I'm 38 I still don't see the point.
Happily though, I've read in several books and seen on a few video tapes that many coaches have come around to my line of thinking, "Kickboards put you in an unnatural heads-up position, emphasize the least effective part of the stroke (the kick), and keep you from rotating."
Since I see people swim with kickboards every day I know many people disagree with me. But, there's no way they're going to change my mind. Instead - let's vote!
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I kick on my back with one or two hands above my head so I don't knock myself out on the wall. I have used a kickboard before but when used in a shoulder friendly position it is very uncomfortable and inefficient. I think it was stated above but I'll say it again, the kickboard acclimates your body to kicking uphill. Who wants to kick uphill when you don't have to?
I kick on my back with one or two hands above my head so I don't knock myself out on the wall. I have used a kickboard before but when used in a shoulder friendly position it is very uncomfortable and inefficient. I think it was stated above but I'll say it again, the kickboard acclimates your body to kicking uphill. Who wants to kick uphill when you don't have to?
