I'm devoting a few weeks to a lot of kicking. Is that beneficial to my whole stroke? Of course I'll be doing whole strokes, but I'm focusing a lot on my kicks this week and the next.
So, my question is: is using a kickboard okay for *** kick? I've heard that some say that it makse your butt sink, which is NOT okay, and yes, I actually take more kicks to cover one length on a kickboard than on a kickboard with a pull buoy to make my butt float to the surface, despite the less power.
Which brings me to my second question: how about kicking on a kickboard with a pull buoy between my legs? I know it helps me keep my legs close when I kick, but if I keep on doing this will I be too dependent on the pull buoy to make my butt get near the surface, so that if the buoy is removed my butt will sink? Or is a pull buoy okay?
Lemme know your views on this! Thanks!
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Well, if the swimmer in the picture had a pull buoy between his legs, it would fall out!
Hmmm, maybe I wasn't clear... the swimmer is Brendan Hansen swimming breastroke, not doing a pull buoy drill. The start of the breastroke kick does not require your knees to be together tight enough to keep a pull buoy between your legs.
But to get technique like his where the knees are inside the feet and just a little outside the hips, using the pull buoy is a good drill to force yourself to hold your knees in. It's an exaggerated position, but as I mentioned, it helps to correct the problem of having the knees too wide.
Well, if the swimmer in the picture had a pull buoy between his legs, it would fall out!
Hmmm, maybe I wasn't clear... the swimmer is Brendan Hansen swimming breastroke, not doing a pull buoy drill. The start of the breastroke kick does not require your knees to be together tight enough to keep a pull buoy between your legs.
But to get technique like his where the knees are inside the feet and just a little outside the hips, using the pull buoy is a good drill to force yourself to hold your knees in. It's an exaggerated position, but as I mentioned, it helps to correct the problem of having the knees too wide.
