Not sure if this is necessarily the right area to post this, but I figured what the hell. Anyway, I'm having issues with my breaststroke kick. My knees are slightly knock-kneed (not very much, but it's somewhat noticeable) and as such I seem to have a difficult time performing a correct breastroke kick. Needless to say, this is a huge problem when doing IMs. I can be fine in the fly, back, and free, but the breaststroke and my horrible kick drag me down. Has anyone else ever had any similar problems with this kick, or does anyone know of a good way to try to correct this? Am I simply out of luck?
Ok, I swim with a team and usually once a week the coach has a lane for stroke drills/stroke improvement. I've done this for *** several times.
One of the best things I've done for *** kick....do the kick with no board. Push off the wall as normal, then hold your hands behind you in the small of your back (above your butt). When you kick, you should feel like your feet are aiming for your hands. Do 2 kicks then take a breath. Your hands should basically stay behind your back when you're between the flags.
Start out with just doing 25s with 10 seconds rest, then slowly build up to 50s. Believe me, this will take much more energy than normal kicking with a board.
I've always been half decent at ***....from the time I was a little kid it always came naturally. Of course there's always improvements to make.
Good luck.
Ok, I swim with a team and usually once a week the coach has a lane for stroke drills/stroke improvement. I've done this for *** several times.
One of the best things I've done for *** kick....do the kick with no board. Push off the wall as normal, then hold your hands behind you in the small of your back (above your butt). When you kick, you should feel like your feet are aiming for your hands. Do 2 kicks then take a breath. Your hands should basically stay behind your back when you're between the flags.
Start out with just doing 25s with 10 seconds rest, then slowly build up to 50s. Believe me, this will take much more energy than normal kicking with a board.
I've always been half decent at ***....from the time I was a little kid it always came naturally. Of course there's always improvements to make.
Good luck.
