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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Originally posted by LindsayNB
Sometimes it seems to me that some of the arguments against using a kickboard are really arguments against doing drills in general. Most drills (intentionally) sacrifice one aspect of the stroke to isolate another.
That said, I hate kick sets in general. That said, I need to do more of them.:rolleyes:
Linsay, I think too much time is spent on drills and not enough time on quality swimming. I also hate kicking, kick board or not!!
George
Originally posted by LindsayNB
Sometimes it seems to me that some of the arguments against using a kickboard are really arguments against doing drills in general. Most drills (intentionally) sacrifice one aspect of the stroke to isolate another.
That said, I hate kick sets in general. That said, I need to do more of them.:rolleyes:
Linsay, I think too much time is spent on drills and not enough time on quality swimming. I also hate kicking, kick board or not!!
George
