I am slow, and when I mean slow, I mean slow. I can do a 26 sec 50 with fins, but without I come in just under 1:20! I think a big part of it is just taking the fins off and doing a lot of kick sets to learn to feel the water better with my feet. I have a good breaststroke kick so I don't think my problem is an overly weak pair of legs, although they could be in better shape. Also, myankles are fairly flexible as I can point my toes and make my feet bend backwards past an even position with my shins. However, I do think that I need to loosen up my ankles when I kick. I feel like I get more out of my kick for those brief moments when I allow my ankles to snap back and forth with my kick. I think I actually need to relax more to kick faster as weird as that sounds.
I suppose the answer to my question is that I simply need to take of the fins and do kick set after kick set until I learn to feel the water better with my feet and become more efficient.
for grins and to walk my talk, today I tested my 25 kicking speed and here were the results
25 streamline flutter kick from a dive side off the pool roll start with coach timing, I went
13.1
then swam easy and rested about 5 minutes then did a
25 streamline fly kick from a dive side off the pool from a roll start with my coach timing and I went
11.2
(I dove in and rolled over on my back)
both were no breath underwater I broke streamline 2 yards from the wall to touch the wall with one hand
I believe if I trained to improve my 25 kicks
hopefully I could get the
25 flutter kick down to 10 high / 11 low and my
25 fly kick down to 10 low
READERS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO:
+ TEST YOURSELF FOR A 25 ALL OUT KICK THEN
+ TRAIN to IMPROVE YOUR KICKING ABILITY AND GET CLOSER TO YOUR TRUE LIMITS THEN
+ RETEST then
+ learn how to apply your new improved kicking ability to your freestyle while you swim
ande
for grins and to walk my talk, today I tested my 25 kicking speed and here were the results
25 streamline flutter kick from a dive side off the pool roll start with coach timing, I went
13.1
then swam easy and rested about 5 minutes then did a
25 streamline fly kick from a dive side off the pool from a roll start with my coach timing and I went
11.2
(I dove in and rolled over on my back)
both were no breath underwater I broke streamline 2 yards from the wall to touch the wall with one hand
I believe if I trained to improve my 25 kicks
hopefully I could get the
25 flutter kick down to 10 high / 11 low and my
25 fly kick down to 10 low
READERS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO:
+ TEST YOURSELF FOR A 25 ALL OUT KICK THEN
+ TRAIN to IMPROVE YOUR KICKING ABILITY AND GET CLOSER TO YOUR TRUE LIMITS THEN
+ RETEST then
+ learn how to apply your new improved kicking ability to your freestyle while you swim
ande
