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 don't like them because my neck aches afterward, so I don't use one generally. I'll flutter kick on my side or back. I have been using one to work on a BR kick, so I can concentrate on the kick alone (I'm learning the stroke). 150 yds is the limit for my neck though.
I don't like them because my neck aches afterward, so I don't use one generally. I'll flutter kick on my side or back. I have been using one to work on a BR kick, so I can concentrate on the kick alone (I'm learning the stroke). 150 yds is the limit for my neck though.
