Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible!

nancy I need to watch you kick to see what you're doing and figure out what you need to do. you asked: How much does this depend on back flexibility? not much, you want your body to be straight. like a needle no forward bend, no back bending, you want good shoulder flexibility for proper streamlining and excellent foot and ankle flexibility to be your fins. how flexible are your feet and ankles? What's your age? what are your proportions? what sort of suit were you wearing? describe your leg strength I think technique is your main issue There's an ideal way to streamline and move your legs for maximum kicking speed. Some people talk about feel for the water. you want feel for the water when you kick I really need to see what you're doing to tell you what you need to do. I do suggest you test your self dive in streamline and flutter kick a 25 as fast as you can go, you may take quick half breastroke pulls to breathe though I suggest most people should do these no breather some people have more ideal body proportions and shapes to kick fast everyone can benefit from the focused speed kick training I've described in this thread, it takes weeks, months, and years of consistent training to get closer to your true potential. The cool thing is when you start you'll rapidly improve Ande We got video'ed again but as usual, the feet don't fit in the frame (it is on the hand entry and arm pull). OK, question: I am still taking over 1 minute per 25y to kick barefoot and it exhausts me. How much does this depend on back flexibility ? While I can bend over frontwards more than most of my group, bending over backwards I am quite stiff. If I am laying on a mat I can barely lift either hands or feet with my chin on the mat. If I try pushing up with my hands, it hurts my lower back. I am still trying to figure it all out.

nancy I need to watch you kick to see what you're doing and figure out what you need to do. you asked: How much does this depend on back flexibility? not much, you want your body to be straight. like a needle no forward bend, no back bending, you want good shoulder flexibility for proper streamlining and excellent foot and ankle flexibility to be your fins. how flexible are your feet and ankles? What's your age? what are your proportions? what sort of suit were you wearing? describe your leg strength I think technique is your main issue There's an ideal way to streamline and move your legs for maximum kicking speed. Some people talk about feel for the water. you want feel for the water when you kick I really need to see what you're doing to tell you what you need to do. I do suggest you test your self dive in streamline and flutter kick a 25 as fast as you can go, you may take quick half breastroke pulls to breathe though I suggest most people should do these no breather some people have more ideal body proportions and shapes to kick fast everyone can benefit from the focused speed kick training I've described in this thread, it takes weeks, months, and years of consistent training to get closer to your true potential. The cool thing is when you start you'll rapidly improve Ande We got video'ed again but as usual, the feet don't fit in the frame (it is on the hand entry and arm pull). OK, question: I am still taking over 1 minute per 25y to kick barefoot and it exhausts me. How much does this depend on back flexibility ? While I can bend over frontwards more than most of my group, bending over backwards I am quite stiff. If I am laying on a mat I can barely lift either hands or feet with my chin on the mat. If I try pushing up with my hands, it hurts my lower back. I am still trying to figure it all out.