Recently I've noticed that my flutter kick is not the usual "one leg up, the other leg down", but instead it is "both leg up and both leg down". So I've been trying to correct this weird flutter kicking. I've done some vertical kicking drills, it went well, then I combined the verticle kick with my front crawl, seems OK. But switching to the proper flutter kick doesn't make me any faster. In fact I seem to get tired a lot more quickly.
I swim a TI style front crawl, I've found the new flutter kicking hampers my body rotation so I start experimenting with a more relaxed 2 beat kick. However I never seem to be able to control my flutter kick rythm. I was trying to kick with the leg opposite to the arm entering the water, but I've never been able to do it, I don't know why, it is always the leg on the same side of the entering arm that kicks.
Could anybody here tell me or point me to resources on how to establish a proper flutter kick timing and rythm? I've been goggling this information for a long time but nothing shows up.
Thanks!
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Originally posted by Bob McAdams
When you say "both leg up and both leg down", do you mean you were doing a dolphin kick instead of a flutter kick?
Yep, I guess because I have been a breaststroker most of the time for the past year I get this weird wip and dolphin kick hybrid ... which is very bad!
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
In a 2-beat kick, your kick should be counterbalancing your core body rotation (i.e., the angular momentum of your kick should oppose and balance the angular momentum of your core body rotation).
Have you ever tried rotating your body while you are doing vertical kicking? Rotating your body a quarter of a turn in either direction while you are doing vertical kicking should help you to get a feel for how to integrate your kick with your core body rotation.
Interesting point ... I've tried rotating my body during the verticle kick but I've never applied it in the full stroke. I'll try that next time I practice. What do you think about the idea of doing a 2 or 4 beat verticle kick, hugging a kickboard to assist floatation?
Thanks for your insight.
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
When you say "both leg up and both leg down", do you mean you were doing a dolphin kick instead of a flutter kick?
Yep, I guess because I have been a breaststroker most of the time for the past year I get this weird wip and dolphin kick hybrid ... which is very bad!
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
In a 2-beat kick, your kick should be counterbalancing your core body rotation (i.e., the angular momentum of your kick should oppose and balance the angular momentum of your core body rotation).
Have you ever tried rotating your body while you are doing vertical kicking? Rotating your body a quarter of a turn in either direction while you are doing vertical kicking should help you to get a feel for how to integrate your kick with your core body rotation.
Interesting point ... I've tried rotating my body during the verticle kick but I've never applied it in the full stroke. I'll try that next time I practice. What do you think about the idea of doing a 2 or 4 beat verticle kick, hugging a kickboard to assist floatation?
Thanks for your insight.
