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.
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I was not a slow kicker but a "no" kicker. Legs used to drag behind in all strokes.
I have to agree w/ Ande (sorry George!), but kicking is important. Drats. :bitching:
I never kicked fly kick at all in practices. But I called myself a flyer. Just started kicking fly (w/ and without a board in practice). This started around December or so I believe. I was SLOW but I kept at it.
Went from a 27.30 to a 26.46 in the 50 fly this past meet. I asked my coach before the race what to do to go a 26 something. She said, "snap the kick." I found I could kick. From the wall lane - 8.
Let's get this thread back on track
I'd like to see swimmers who are slow kickers
accept the challenge to improve YOUR kick
test
do the KICK IMPROVEMENT training,
retest and
post your results here.
those of you who already started
Please retest and post your progress
Ande
I was not a slow kicker but a "no" kicker. Legs used to drag behind in all strokes.
I have to agree w/ Ande (sorry George!), but kicking is important. Drats. :bitching:
I never kicked fly kick at all in practices. But I called myself a flyer. Just started kicking fly (w/ and without a board in practice). This started around December or so I believe. I was SLOW but I kept at it.
Went from a 27.30 to a 26.46 in the 50 fly this past meet. I asked my coach before the race what to do to go a 26 something. She said, "snap the kick." I found I could kick. From the wall lane - 8.
Let's get this thread back on track
I'd like to see swimmers who are slow kickers
accept the challenge to improve YOUR kick
test
do the KICK IMPROVEMENT training,
retest and
post your results here.
those of you who already started
Please retest and post your progress
Ande
