Originally posted by Matt S
Quit pulling the legs of people who post questions to this forum. "Kick harder"?!! You gotta be kidding me; that's dinosaur, YMCA learn-to-swim, Red Cross circa 1970 thinking.
I don't know, I think Michael does have a point. If you are really fishtailing bad then, yes, you should look at what your upper body is doing to cause this. However, I think it would be nearly impossible to NOT fishtail slightly, regardless of how good your pulling is, if you don't kick. Think about distance swimmers who are using a two-beat kick. This kick is giving them virtually no propulsion. It is primarily used to counteract the torque generated by the pull. So the bottom line is you need to kick at least hard enough--and obviously in the correct sequence--to counteract the inherent asymmetry associated with the arm pull.
Originally posted by Matt S
Quit pulling the legs of people who post questions to this forum. "Kick harder"?!! You gotta be kidding me; that's dinosaur, YMCA learn-to-swim, Red Cross circa 1970 thinking.
I don't know, I think Michael does have a point. If you are really fishtailing bad then, yes, you should look at what your upper body is doing to cause this. However, I think it would be nearly impossible to NOT fishtail slightly, regardless of how good your pulling is, if you don't kick. Think about distance swimmers who are using a two-beat kick. This kick is giving them virtually no propulsion. It is primarily used to counteract the torque generated by the pull. So the bottom line is you need to kick at least hard enough--and obviously in the correct sequence--to counteract the inherent asymmetry associated with the arm pull.
