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.
Congratulations
25.84 is your starting point
keep following the plan I outlined at:
forums.usms.org/showpost.php
do this kick set each day:
8 x 25 flutter kick on 1:00
odds easy working on feel for the water with your feet and DPK (distance per kick)
evens blazing fast like your life depended on it for time
also work on your SDK
do the same set
do a 25 all out for time kick once a week
let us know what those times are
also work on 10 meter kicks and 15 meter kicks
you will become a faster kicker
good luck
keep us posted
Ande
I have a result! With a push off the wall and four SDK's, body in the streamline position and kicking as if my life depended on it (as Ande suggested)! I went 25.84 for 25m. I did 5 of them and swam 3 easy 25's between each. 25.84 was my fastest time. It was also the last in the set. Ironically my slowest was the one I did with a dive: 27.62. It was the first one. Now I am not sure if that reflects very poorly on my dive or if it was because it was the first and I had not developed a 'feel' for the water yet.
But I have to admit, even though my time was not great, it felt good and there was a certain exhilaration that I felt when I started to feel that water with my feet. Normally I hate kicking. Today it was a challenge and fun!
Syd
Congratulations
25.84 is your starting point
keep following the plan I outlined at:
forums.usms.org/showpost.php
do this kick set each day:
8 x 25 flutter kick on 1:00
odds easy working on feel for the water with your feet and DPK (distance per kick)
evens blazing fast like your life depended on it for time
also work on your SDK
do the same set
do a 25 all out for time kick once a week
let us know what those times are
also work on 10 meter kicks and 15 meter kicks
you will become a faster kicker
good luck
keep us posted
Ande
I have a result! With a push off the wall and four SDK's, body in the streamline position and kicking as if my life depended on it (as Ande suggested)! I went 25.84 for 25m. I did 5 of them and swam 3 easy 25's between each. 25.84 was my fastest time. It was also the last in the set. Ironically my slowest was the one I did with a dive: 27.62. It was the first one. Now I am not sure if that reflects very poorly on my dive or if it was because it was the first and I had not developed a 'feel' for the water yet.
But I have to admit, even though my time was not great, it felt good and there was a certain exhilaration that I felt when I started to feel that water with my feet. Normally I hate kicking. Today it was a challenge and fun!
Syd
