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.
This is an area I am weak in but am making strides. Since working out with the kids team instead of the masters team I have had more opportunity to do kick sets. In the last few weeks time I have gone from a :38 sec 25 yd kick to a :25 sec 25 yd kick which I did today!
I am really hoping this will translate to a be a better time for my Nationals 50 free. I am also finding that we actually do sprints in practice, something that was foriegn to my other club. We primarily focused on distance or IM. Lots of long sets.
Goal for next week to drop to :23 or better.
Donna
This is an area I am weak in but am making strides. Since working out with the kids team instead of the masters team I have had more opportunity to do kick sets. In the last few weeks time I have gone from a :38 sec 25 yd kick to a :25 sec 25 yd kick which I did today!
I am really hoping this will translate to a be a better time for my Nationals 50 free. I am also finding that we actually do sprints in practice, something that was foriegn to my other club. We primarily focused on distance or IM. Lots of long sets.
Goal for next week to drop to :23 or better.
Donna
