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.
I don't think it's necessary, you might be like jeff,
try sitting on your feet in a hot bath
or rock on your feet when you watch TV
also
you'll kick faster if you consistently train
you'll kick faster when you lose weight
also work on SDK, streamline dolphin kicking
ande
Originally posted by Blue Horn
Ande,
What do you think about trying the rack? I noticed that my left foot is not near as flexible as my right and that I don't get as much push out of my left leg kick. In fact, I will drift to the left if I am not paying attention. I was thinking about doing some stretches for my feet and ankles to help my kick. What do you think?
I don't think it's necessary, you might be like jeff,
try sitting on your feet in a hot bath
or rock on your feet when you watch TV
also
you'll kick faster if you consistently train
you'll kick faster when you lose weight
also work on SDK, streamline dolphin kicking
ande
Originally posted by Blue Horn
Ande,
What do you think about trying the rack? I noticed that my left foot is not near as flexible as my right and that I don't get as much push out of my left leg kick. In fact, I will drift to the left if I am not paying attention. I was thinking about doing some stretches for my feet and ankles to help my kick. What do you think?
